Work & commute · Delhi

Work & commute in Delhi, LA

About one in 3 of Delhi’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Monroe (9%), Rayville (5%) and Tallulah (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

410 of 1,227 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 817 Delhi residents head out of town to work, 410 work right here, and 1,099 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delhi.

817live here, work elsewhere

410live and work here

1,099work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delhi goes to work

Delhi (in town)right here

33%410

Monroe34.5 mi away

9%115

Rayville15.6 mi away

5%57

Tallulah17.7 mi away

4%45

Vicksburg, MS36.6 mi away

2%24

Ruston67 mi away

2%19

Winnsboro24 mi away

1%18

West Monroe38.8 mi away

1%18

Baton Rouge140.5 mi away

1%15

Oak Grove28.9 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%492

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

How far

How far Delhi commutes

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

44%

15%

21%

20%

44%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delhi is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Delhi are

1,509 jobs are based in Delhi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delhi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Delhi

1,509 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Delhi residents hold

1,227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−7%

Jobs based in Delhi, 2013 → 2023: 1,630 → 1,509. 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.