Work & commute · Delhi

Work & commute in Delhi, NY

About one in 3 of Delhi’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (9%), Albany (4%) and Oneonta (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

502 of 1,575 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,073 Delhi residents head out of town to work, 502 work right here, and 2,792 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delhi.

1,073live here, work elsewhere

502live and work here

2,792work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delhi goes to work

Delhi (in town)right here

32%502

New York122 mi away

9%146

Albany62.7 mi away

4%62

Oneonta14.4 mi away

3%42

Oneonta15 mi away

2%39

Stamford13.2 mi away

2%37

Walton13.1 mi away

2%34

Hamden6.2 mi away

2%32

Colonie65.6 mi away

2%31

Otsego33.8 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%628

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.

35%

16%

42%

35%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delhi is a job hub

2.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Delhi are

3,294 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

3,294 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Delhi residents hold

1,575 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−1%

Jobs based in Delhi, 2013 → 2023: 3,336 → 3,294. 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.