Work & commute · Delaware

Work & commute in Delaware, KS

Most working residents leave Delaware for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (17%), Valley Falls (10%) and Winchester (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

100 of 829 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 729 Delaware residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 274 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delaware.

729live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

274work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delaware goes to work

Topeka24.9 mi away

17%141

Valley Falls2.2 mi away

10%83

Winchester12.2 mi away

6%46

Lawrence30.1 mi away

5%43

Leavenworth30.5 mi away

5%39

Atchison23.7 mi away

4%36

Oskaloosa13.7 mi away

4%30

Overland Park53.9 mi away

3%26

Kansas City, MO53 mi away

3%25

Lecompton22.6 mi away

3%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%339

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.

15%

36%

33%

16%

15%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delaware is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Delaware are

374 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

374 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Delaware residents hold

829 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+20%

Jobs based in Delaware, 2013 → 2023: 312 → 374. 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.