Work & commute · Delhi

Work & commute in Delhi, MI

Most working residents leave Delhi for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (28%), East Lansing (9%) and Delta (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

971 of 11,810 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,839 Delhi residents head out of town to work, 971 work right here, and 6,412 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delhi.

10,839live here, work elsewhere

971live and work here

6,412work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delhi goes to work

Lansing6.3 mi away

28%3,260

East Lansing8.9 mi away

9%1,057

Delhi (in town)right here

8%971

Delta9.6 mi away

7%777

Meridian9 mi away

4%464

Mason5.6 mi away

3%308

Alaiedon5.5 mi away

2%272

Lansing8.2 mi away

2%209

Detroit74.8 mi away

2%192

Blackman23.4 mi away

1%170

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%4,130

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.

63%

21%

63%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delhi is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Delhi are

7,383 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

7,383 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Delhi residents hold

11,810 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+20%

Jobs based in Delhi, 2011 → 2021: 6,177 → 7,383. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.