Work & commute · Delano

Work & commute in Delano, MN

Most working residents leave Delano for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (9%), Plymouth (6%) and Minnetonka (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

560 of 3,551 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,991 Delano residents head out of town to work, 560 work right here, and 2,933 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delano.

2,991live here, work elsewhere

560live and work here

2,933work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delano goes to work

Delano (in town)right here

16%560

Minneapolis26.2 mi away

9%332

Plymouth16.2 mi away

6%212

Minnetonka17.9 mi away

4%149

Eden Prairie20.9 mi away

3%113

Buffalo10.3 mi away

3%112

Bloomington27.5 mi away

3%109

Golden Valley21.5 mi away

3%105

St. Louis Park21.8 mi away

3%98

Edina23.5 mi away

3%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,670

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

How far

How far Delano commutes

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

26%

46%

24%

26%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delano is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Delano are

3,493 jobs are based in Delano. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delano’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Delano

3,493 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Delano residents hold

3,551 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+41%

Jobs based in Delano, 2013 → 2023: 2,481 → 3,493. 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.