Work & commute · Delavan

Work & commute in Delavan, WI

Most working residents leave Delavan for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Delavan (16%), Elkhorn (8%) and Lake Geneva (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 2,598 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,545 Delavan residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 545 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delavan.

2,545live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

545work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delavan goes to work

Delavan3.3 mi away

16%413

Elkhorn5 mi away

8%197

Lake Geneva7.7 mi away

5%136

Madison54.7 mi away

5%128

Milwaukee44.2 mi away

4%98

Janesville22.9 mi away

3%84

Walworth5.2 mi away

2%64

Williams Bay2.3 mi away

2%54

Beloit23.2 mi away

2%54

Delavan (in town)right here

2%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,317

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

How far

How far Delavan commutes

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

41%

19%

26%

14%

41%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delavan is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Delavan are

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

Jobs based in Delavan

598 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Delavan residents hold

2,598 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+40%

Jobs based in Delavan, 2013 → 2023: 427 → 598. 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.