Wilmington

City Commute Profile

Wilmington, DE

Where Wilmington’s 32,388 resident workers go each day — 21.2% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is New Castle.

DelawareLODES 2023 data
62
Commute Score

62 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Wilmington at a glance
Employed Residents
32,388
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
21.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
16.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
New Castle
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Wilmington proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Wilmington commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Wilmington

32,388 commutes, one dot at a time

Wilmington

Where 32,388 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Wilmington, by worker count.

1Wilmington0.0 mi6,857
2New Castle5.7 mi1,463
3Philadelphia27.6 mi1,457
4Newark12.0 mi822
5Dover40.7 mi488
6Edgemoor2.5 mi359
7Hockessin7.5 mi267
8Brookside10.4 mi261

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Wilmington.

1Wilmington0.0 mi6,857
2Philadelphia27.6 mi1,273
3Bear11.5 mi1,059
4Middletown22.4 mi877
5Hockessin7.5 mi812
6Newark12.0 mi783
7Glasgow14.3 mi739
8Pike Creek Valley8.0 mi681

Top industries

The sectors that employ Wilmington’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
FIFinance and Insurance24.8%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services13.8%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.6%
EDEducational Services7.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.9%
PAPublic Administration4.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services4.6%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.5%
RTRetail Trade3.9%

Wilmington city profile

Who lives in Wilmington — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
71,727
Median age
37.0yrs
Median household income
$58,671
Median home value
$231,400
Median gross rent
$1,224/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.1%
Poverty rate
21.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Wilmington

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Wilmington

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