Work & commute · Delta

Work & commute in Delta, CO

About one in 4 of Delta’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Montrose (15%), Grand Junction (10%) and Denver (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

904 of 3,245 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,341 Delta residents head out of town to work, 904 work right here, and 2,887 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delta.

2,341live here, work elsewhere

904live and work here

2,887work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delta goes to work

Delta (in town)right here

28%904

Montrose23.5 mi away

15%474

Grand Junction34.5 mi away

10%336

Denver185.1 mi away

2%77

Orchard City7.7 mi away

2%53

Colorado Springs179.3 mi away

1%42

Olathe11.7 mi away

1%37

Durango103.8 mi away

1%31

Aurora191.8 mi away

1%29

Paonia27.8 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,236

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

How far

How far Delta commutes

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

41%

20%

17%

22%

41%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delta is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Delta are

3,791 jobs are based in Delta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Delta

3,791 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Delta residents hold

3,245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+17%

Jobs based in Delta, 2013 → 2023: 3,241 → 3,791. 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.