Work & commute · Delavan

Work & commute in Delavan, WI

About one in 5 of Delavan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Elkhorn (7%), Lake Geneva (5%) and Madison (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

891 of 4,288 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 3,397 Delavan residents head out of town to work, 891 work right here, and 5,144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delavan.

3,397live here, work elsewhere

891live and work here

5,144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delavan goes to work

Delavan (in town)right here

21%891

Elkhorn5.6 mi away

7%315

Lake Geneva10.9 mi away

5%204

Madison51.4 mi away

5%199

Janesville19.8 mi away

4%177

Darien4.7 mi away

3%118

Milwaukee45 mi away

2%104

Walworth7.1 mi away

2%95

Darien4.8 mi away

2%75

Geneva7.5 mi away

2%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,042

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.

42%

23%

24%

11%

42%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delavan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Delavan are

6,035 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

6,035 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Delavan residents hold

4,288 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+7%

Jobs based in Delavan, 2013 → 2023: 5,660 → 6,035. 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.