Work & commute · Delafield

Work & commute in Delafield, MN

Most working residents leave Delafield for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (29%), Windom (11%) and Sioux Falls (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 100 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 97 Delafield residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delafield.

97live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delafield goes to work

Jackson14.2 mi away

29%29

Windom5.3 mi away

11%11

Sioux Falls, SD81.4 mi away

5%5

Middletown18.5 mi away

4%4

Fairmont35.6 mi away

3%3

Delafield (in town)right here

3%3

Spirit Lake, IA26.4 mi away

2%2

Sioux Center, IA71.8 mi away

2%2

Lakefield8.4 mi away

2%2

Mountain Lake14.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%37

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

How far

How far Delafield commutes

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

15%

42%

12%

31%

15%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delafield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Delafield are

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

Jobs based in Delafield

144 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities98%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Delafield residents hold

100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−15%

Jobs based in Delafield, 2013 → 2023: 169 → 144. 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.