Work & commute · Delavan

Work & commute in Delavan, MN

Most working residents leave Delavan for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Blue Earth (21%), Winnebago (14%) and Mankato (11%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 106 Delavan residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delavan.

106live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delavan goes to work

Blue Earth11.3 mi away

21%22

Winnebago4.9 mi away

14%15

Mankato26 mi away

11%12

Mapleton10.8 mi away

4%4

Fairmont21.7 mi away

4%4

Eagan83.6 mi away

3%3

Wells18.3 mi away

2%2

Thief River Falls314 mi away

2%2

North Mankato26.3 mi away

2%2

Albert Lea37.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%39

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

How far

How far Delavan commutes

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

25%

36%

19%

20%

25%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delavan is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Delavan are

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

Jobs based in Delavan

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)82%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Delavan residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+175%

Jobs based in Delavan, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 11. 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.