Work & commute · Delhi

Work & commute in Delhi, CA

Most working residents leave Delhi for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Turlock (13%), Modesto (9%) and Livingston (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

315 of 4,358 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,043 Delhi residents head out of town to work, 315 work right here, and 748 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delhi.

4,043live here, work elsewhere

315live and work here

748work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delhi goes to work

Turlock6.9 mi away

13%556

Modesto19 mi away

9%387

Delhi (in town)right here

7%315

Livingston4.1 mi away

5%220

Merced18.7 mi away

4%191

Ceres15.7 mi away

3%140

San Jose57.8 mi away

2%105

Fresno70.1 mi away

2%80

Tracy42.3 mi away

2%73

Atwater11.4 mi away

1%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%2,233

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

How far

How far Delhi commutes

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

36%

28%

36%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delhi is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Delhi are

1,063 jobs are based in Delhi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delhi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Delhi

1,063 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Delhi residents hold

4,358 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+15%

Jobs based in Delhi, 2013 → 2023: 923 → 1,063. 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.