Work & commute · Delta

Work & commute in Delta, OH

Most working residents leave Delta for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Toledo (11%), Wauseon (8%) and York (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

138 of 1,584 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,446 Delta residents head out of town to work, 138 work right here, and 728 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delta.

1,446live here, work elsewhere

138live and work here

728work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delta goes to work

Toledo23.4 mi away

11%170

Delta (in town)right here

9%138

Wauseon6.4 mi away

8%128

York3.2 mi away

4%64

Archbold15.3 mi away

3%50

Napoleon13.7 mi away

3%48

Maumee18.1 mi away

3%45

Monclova14 mi away

3%45

Swanton7 mi away

3%44

Sylvania17.4 mi away

3%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%808

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

How far

How far Delta commutes

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

31%

43%

10%

17%

31%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delta is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Delta are

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

Jobs based in Delta

866 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Delta residents hold

1,584 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+15%

Jobs based in Delta, 2013 → 2023: 753 → 866. 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.