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

JeffersonvilleNew YorkCochectonCallicoonWallkillDelawareFremontBethelThompsonTustenRamapoFallsburgLibertyRocklandManchesterDamascusNew YorkThompsonCallicoonLibertyBethelFallsburgWallkillRamapoCochectonDelaware
1
Delaware (in town)right here
24%191
2
New York93.5 mi away
13%105
3
Thompson18.3 mi away
11%86
4
Callicoon6.8 mi away
6%47
5
Liberty11.5 mi away
4%31
6
Bethel9 mi away
3%23
7
Fallsburg20.5 mi away
3%21
8
Wallkill36 mi away
2%20
9
Ramapo62.9 mi away
1%10
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%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.

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