Work & commute · Delaware

Work & commute in Delaware, IN

Most working residents leave Delaware for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Center (15%), Fishers (13%) and Carmel (11%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,978 of 17,807 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,829 Delaware residents head out of town to work, 1,978 work right here, and 27,613 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delaware.

15,829live here, work elsewhere

1,978live and work here

27,613work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delaware goes to work

Center14 mi away

15%2,651

Fishers3 mi away

13%2,397

Carmel6.5 mi away

11%1,997

Washington8.4 mi away

11%1,968

Lawrence6.1 mi away

7%1,231

Noblesville5.5 mi away

5%928

Pike14 mi away

5%872

Warren12.7 mi away

3%590

Wayne18 mi away

2%378

Westfield8.6 mi away

2%316

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%4,479

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

How far

How far Delaware commutes

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

51%

35%

10%

51%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delaware is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Delaware are

29,591 jobs are based in Delaware. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delaware’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Delaware

29,591 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Delaware residents hold

17,807 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+22%

Jobs based in Delaware, 2013 → 2023: 24,167 → 29,591. 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.