Work & commute · Delhi

Work & commute in Delhi, NY

Most working residents leave Delhi for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Delhi (26%), New York (13%) and Albany (4%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

143 of 808 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 665 Delhi residents head out of town to work, 143 work right here, and 2,199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delhi.

665live here, work elsewhere

143live and work here

2,199work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delhi goes to work

Delhi0.5 mi away

26%213

New York122.5 mi away

13%103

Albany62.9 mi away

4%33

Oneonta14.5 mi away

3%22

Colonie65.8 mi away

3%21

Oneonta13.9 mi away

2%19

Stamford13.4 mi away

2%18

Hamden6.2 mi away

2%14

Otsego33.4 mi away

2%14

Walton13 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%338

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.

29%

14%

49%

29%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delhi is a job hub

2.90jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Delhi are

2,342 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

2,342 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Delhi residents hold

808 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−17%

Jobs based in Delhi, 2013 → 2023: 2,834 → 2,342. 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.