Work & commute · Delphi

Work & commute in Delphi, IN

Most working residents leave Delphi for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (25%), Deer Creek (9%) and West Lafayette (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

174 of 1,442 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,268 Delphi residents head out of town to work, 174 work right here, and 995 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delphi.

1,268live here, work elsewhere

174live and work here

995work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delphi goes to work

Lafayette16.4 mi away

25%364

Delphi (in town)right here

12%174

Deer Creek2.3 mi away

9%134

West Lafayette16.6 mi away

4%63

Frankfort22.1 mi away

3%40

Monticello12.4 mi away

2%33

Center62.4 mi away

2%29

Logansport19.9 mi away

2%27

Washington56.1 mi away

2%24

Kokomo29.5 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%532

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

How far

How far Delphi commutes

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

25%

43%

25%

25%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delphi is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Delphi are

1,169 jobs are based in Delphi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delphi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Delphi

1,169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Delphi residents hold

1,442 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−2%

Jobs based in Delphi, 2013 → 2023: 1,189 → 1,169. 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.