Work & commute · Delton

Work & commute in Delton, MN

Most working residents leave Delton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mountain Lake (19%), Windom (13%) and Springfield (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 72 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 70 Delton residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delton.

70live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delton goes to work

Mountain Lake10.1 mi away

19%14

Windom13.2 mi away

13%9

Springfield12.9 mi away

7%5

Jackson30 mi away

6%4

Mountain Lake13.9 mi away

4%3

Marshall45.5 mi away

3%2

Mankato53.9 mi away

3%2

Watertown, SD119.3 mi away

3%2

Delton (in town)right here

3%2

Hospers, IA80.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%28

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

How far

How far Delton commutes

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

10%

46%

15%

28%

10%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delton is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Delton are

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

Jobs based in Delton

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)82%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Delton residents hold

72 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−16%

Jobs based in Delton, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 38. 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.