Work & commute · Kennett

Work & commute in Kennett, PA

Most working residents leave Kennett for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (5%), Philadelphia (5%) and New Garden (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

332 of 3,788 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,456 Kennett residents head out of town to work, 332 work right here, and 5,012 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kennett.

3,456live here, work elsewhere

332live and work here

5,012work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kennett goes to work

Kennett (in town)right here

9%332

Wilmington, DE10.7 mi away

5%207

Philadelphia31.4 mi away

5%183

New Garden4.3 mi away

3%123

West Goshen10.5 mi away

3%112

Kennett Square1.6 mi away

3%105

East Marlborough3.3 mi away

3%96

Tredyffrin20.1 mi away

2%91

West Chester9.4 mi away

2%62

Chadds Ford6.3 mi away

2%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%2,419

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

How far

How far Kennett commutes

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

35%

18%

12%

35%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kennett is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kennett are

5,344 jobs are based in Kennett. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kennett’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kennett

5,344 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Kennett residents hold

3,788 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+37%

Jobs based in Kennett, 2013 → 2023: 3,898 → 5,344. 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.