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

LawrenceFishersAndersonNoblesvilleWestfieldCarmelClayNoblesvilleCenterWashingtonWayneDelawareLawrenceFall CreekPikeWarrenIndianapolisCenterFishersCarmelWashingtonLawrenceNoblesvillePikeWarrenWayneWestfieldDelaware
1
Center14 mi away
15%2,651
2
Fishers3 mi away
13%2,397
3
Carmel6.5 mi away
11%1,997
4
Washington8.4 mi away
11%1,968
5
Lawrence6.1 mi away
7%1,231
6
Noblesville5.5 mi away
5%928
7
Pike14 mi away
5%872
8
Warren12.7 mi away
3%590
9
Wayne18 mi away
2%378
10
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%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.

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