Work & commute · Delafield

Work & commute in Delafield, WI

Most working residents leave Delafield for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (11%), Waukesha (7%) and Hartland (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

194 of 3,258 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,064 Delafield residents head out of town to work, 194 work right here, and 5,167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delafield.

3,064live here, work elsewhere

194live and work here

5,167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delafield goes to work

Milwaukee21.3 mi away

11%350

Waukesha8.3 mi away

7%232

Delafield (in town)right here

6%194

Hartland3.6 mi away

5%179

Wauwatosa17.8 mi away

5%167

Pewaukee7.3 mi away

5%165

Oconomowoc5.8 mi away

5%157

Brookfield13.7 mi away

4%144

Menomonee Falls14.9 mi away

3%113

West Allis18.6 mi away

3%89

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,468

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

How far

How far Delafield commutes

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

37%

43%

12%

37%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delafield is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Delafield are

5,361 jobs are based in Delafield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delafield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Delafield

5,361 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Delafield residents hold

3,258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+28%

Jobs based in Delafield, 2013 → 2023: 4,172 → 5,361. 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.