Mean Commute Time in New Castle County, DE

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Mean Commute Time
27.8 min +0.6% vs nat'l
Rank #1,307 of 3,222
59th percentile

How New Castle County Compares

New Castle County
27.8 min
Delaware Average
27.8 min
Rank #3 of 3 in state
National
27.6 min
0.6% above

National Distribution

Where New Castle County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for mean commute time.

3.7 min 49.1 min

■ New Castle County: 27.8 min

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#1,304 Union County, OH 27.8 min
#1,305 Hendricks County, IN 27.8 min
#1,306 Cleveland County, NC 27.8 min
#1,307 New Castle County, DE 27.8 min
#1,308 Lamar County, AL 27.8 min
#1,309 Texas County, MO 27.8 min
#1,310 Sagadahoc County, ME 27.8 min
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Mean Commute Time in New Castle County, Delaware

New Castle County, Delaware has a mean commute time of 27.8 min, which ranks #1,307 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 0.6% above the national value of 27.6 min.

Within Delaware, New Castle County ranks #3 of 3 out of 3 counties. This places it in the 59th percentile nationally.

Estimated mean travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16+. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.