Work & commute · Delco

Work & commute in Delco, NC

Most working residents leave Delco for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (21%), Fayetteville (5%) and Riegelwood (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 131 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 129 Delco residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delco.

129live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delco goes to work

Wilmington20.9 mi away

21%28

Fayetteville67.6 mi away

5%6

Riegelwood1.5 mi away

5%6

Whiteville27.1 mi away

3%4

Leland12.7 mi away

3%4

Raleigh107.1 mi away

3%4

Belville14.8 mi away

2%2

Lake Waccamaw16.2 mi away

2%2

Cary106.6 mi away

2%2

Delco (in town)right here

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%71

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Delco commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

22%

36%

12%

29%

22%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delco is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Delco are

87 jobs are based in Delco. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delco’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Delco

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Delco residents hold

131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−11%

Jobs based in Delco, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 87. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.