Work & commute · Delaware

Work & commute in Delaware, PA

Most working residents leave Delaware for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Walker (11%), Fermanagh (7%) and Harrisburg (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 682 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 625 Delaware residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 871 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delaware.

625live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

871work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delaware goes to work

Walker4.7 mi away

11%78

Delaware (in town)right here

8%57

Fermanagh9.1 mi away

7%45

Harrisburg27.8 mi away

6%38

Fayette5.3 mi away

4%27

Lewistown18.3 mi away

2%14

Susquehanna26.3 mi away

2%14

Derry16.7 mi away

2%13

Milford13.3 mi away

2%11

Hampden25.8 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%374

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.

35%

17%

30%

18%

35%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delaware is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Delaware are

928 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

928 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Delaware residents hold

682 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−1%

Jobs based in Delaware, 2013 → 2023: 937 → 928. 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.