Work & commute · Delton

Work & commute in Delton, WI

Most working residents leave Delton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Delton (13%), Baraboo (13%) and Madison (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 1,204 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,137 Delton residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 1,534 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delton.

1,137live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

1,534work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delton goes to work

Lake Delton1.9 mi away

13%162

Baraboo7.3 mi away

13%152

Madison37.7 mi away

9%112

Wisconsin Dells5.2 mi away

9%103

Delton (in town)right here

6%67

Reedsburg10.2 mi away

5%61

Portage16.5 mi away

2%30

Milwaukee98.2 mi away

2%19

Mauston21.6 mi away

1%16

Middleton34.8 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%466

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

How far

How far Delton commutes

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

47%

12%

20%

21%

47%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Delton are

1,601 jobs are based in Delton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Delton

1,601 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Delton residents hold

1,204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−52%

Jobs based in Delton, 2013 → 2023: 3,340 → 1,601. 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.