Work & commute · Delaware

Work & commute in Delaware, IN

Most working residents leave Delaware for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Muncie (31%), Albany (6%) and Hamilton (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 1,345 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,232 Delaware residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 553 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delaware.

1,232live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

553work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delaware goes to work

Muncie8.2 mi away

31%414

Albany3.2 mi away

6%77

Hamilton6.1 mi away

4%54

Center57.2 mi away

4%54

Anderson25.3 mi away

3%40

Delaware (in town)right here

3%38

Fort Wayne56.8 mi away

2%23

Center8.1 mi away

2%23

Dunkirk7.9 mi away

2%21

Yorktown13.9 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%580

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.

35%

28%

11%

26%

35%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delaware is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Delaware are

666 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

666 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Delaware residents hold

1,345 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−15%

Jobs based in Delaware, 2013 → 2023: 787 → 666. 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.