Work & commute · Delaware

Work & commute in Delaware, OH

Most working residents leave Delaware for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (32%), Dublin (6%) and Orange (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

3,307 of 20,705 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,398 Delaware residents head out of town to work, 3,307 work right here, and 12,385 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delaware.

17,398live here, work elsewhere

3,307live and work here

12,385work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delaware goes to work

Columbus21.3 mi away

32%6,567

Delaware (in town)right here

16%3,307

Dublin12.5 mi away

6%1,151

Orange8.6 mi away

4%815

Westerville14.1 mi away

3%686

Liberty6.8 mi away

2%478

Marysville15 mi away

2%358

Worthington13.4 mi away

1%292

Hilliard17.9 mi away

1%278

Allen21.9 mi away

1%224

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%6,549

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

How far

How far Delaware commutes

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

27%

52%

13%

27%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delaware is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Delaware are

15,692 jobs are based in Delaware. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delaware’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Delaware

15,692 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Delaware residents hold

20,705 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+7%

Jobs based in Delaware, 2013 → 2023: 14,685 → 15,692. 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.