Work & commute · Delhi

Work & commute in Delhi, IA

Most working residents leave Delhi for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (15%), Manchester (14%) and Monticello (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 196 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 183 Delhi residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 519 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delhi.

183live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

519work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delhi goes to work

Cedar Rapids37.1 mi away

15%29

Manchester7.5 mi away

14%27

Delhi (in town)right here

7%13

Monticello15.8 mi away

6%12

Dyersville11.2 mi away

6%11

Dubuque31.9 mi away

4%8

Waterloo52.5 mi away

4%7

Hiawatha32.1 mi away

3%5

Davenport71 mi away

3%5

Cascade18.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%76

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.

27%

21%

30%

22%

27%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delhi is a job hub

2.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Delhi are

532 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

532 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Delhi residents hold

196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+26%

Jobs based in Delhi, 2013 → 2023: 423 → 532. 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.