Work & commute · Delta

Work & commute in Delta, UT

About one in 3 of Delta’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fillmore (4%), Provo (2%) and Salt Lake City (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

532 of 1,429 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 897 Delta residents head out of town to work, 532 work right here, and 1,344 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delta.

897live here, work elsewhere

532live and work here

1,344work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delta goes to work

Delta (in town)right here

37%532

Fillmore30 mi away

4%52

Provo76.2 mi away

2%34

Salt Lake City101.9 mi away

2%33

Lehi80 mi away

2%24

Springville72.8 mi away

2%22

St. George168.6 mi away

2%22

Orem77.5 mi away

1%18

Cedar City120.7 mi away

1%17

West Valley City94.8 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%658

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.

52%

35%

52%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delta is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Delta are

1,876 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

1,876 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Delta residents hold

1,429 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+33%

Jobs based in Delta, 2013 → 2023: 1,409 → 1,876. 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.