Work & commute · Delta

Work & commute in Delta, PA

Most working residents leave Delta for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Peach Bottom (6%), Bel Air (6%) and Baltimore (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 268 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 268 Delta residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delta.

268live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delta goes to work

Peach Bottom1.6 mi away

6%16

Bel Air, MD13.3 mi away

6%15

Baltimore, MD33.1 mi away

4%10

Cockeysville, MD23.6 mi away

3%8

Towson, MD27.7 mi away

3%8

York27 mi away

2%5

Harrisburg48.1 mi away

2%5

Bel Air North, MD12.2 mi away

2%5

East Hempfield24.8 mi away

1%4

York22.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

71%189

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.

11%

31%

34%

24%

11%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delta is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Delta are

48 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

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Delta residents hold

268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−6%

Jobs based in Delta, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 48. 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.