Work & commute · Delta

Work & commute in Delta, WI

Most working residents leave Delta for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (22%), Superior (12%) and Iron River (11%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 133 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 133 Delta residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delta.

133live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delta goes to work

Ashland22 mi away

22%29

Superior40.9 mi away

12%16

Iron River7.2 mi away

11%14

Eileen15.4 mi away

7%9

Washburn24.2 mi away

6%8

Duluth, MN45.6 mi away

4%5

Cable17.4 mi away

3%4

Madison249.9 mi away

2%2

White River20.6 mi away

2%2

Drummond8.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%42

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.

14%

42%

25%

20%

14%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delta is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Delta are

33 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

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Delta residents hold

133 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−13%

Jobs based in Delta, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 33. 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.