Work & commute · Delaware

Work & commute in Delaware, NY

About one in 4 of Delaware’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (13%), Thompson (11%) and Callicoon (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

191 of 810 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 619 Delaware residents head out of town to work, 191 work right here, and 972 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delaware.

619live here, work elsewhere

191live and work here

972work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delaware goes to work

Delaware (in town)right here

24%191

New York93.5 mi away

13%105

Thompson18.3 mi away

11%86

Callicoon6.8 mi away

6%47

Liberty11.5 mi away

4%31

Bethel9 mi away

3%23

Fallsburg20.5 mi away

3%21

Wallkill36 mi away

2%20

Ramapo62.9 mi away

1%10

Cochecton5.3 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%267

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

How far

How far Delaware commutes

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

31%

23%

10%

35%

31%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delaware is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Delaware are

1,163 jobs are based in Delaware. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delaware’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Delaware

1,163 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Delaware residents hold

810 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−7%

Jobs based in Delaware, 2013 → 2023: 1,247 → 1,163. 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.