Household incomes in Delft Colony are lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
Hardly any stay in Delft Colony for work; outside it, Dinuba is the main destination (15%, 3 miles). Leaving out college students, 77.7% of residents live below the poverty line, where California as a whole has 11.6%. With D for jobs and income, Delft Colony is better than 5% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Income, poverty and work: Delft Colony’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Delft Colony’s grade up (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
20% of Delft Colony’s residents are college students, and off-campus students count in the Census poverty figures. Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (25% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 77.7%, against 86.3% for all residents. Unemployment (56.0%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Household income is not adjusted: student households count in the median.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Delft Colony could be anywhere from D− to C+.
The daily commute in and out of Delft Colony
On a workday 115 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Delft Colony on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Delft Colony ends
Where Delft Colony clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Delft Colony
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delft Colony workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 136 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Delft Colony’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
2,793rd of 3,133: where Delft Colony ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 13 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,791 | Vian OK | 1,386 | $41K | 24.2% | 9.2% | 5% | D |
| 2,792 | Union Township IN | 1,256 | $44K | 18.1% | 7.0% | 12% | D |
| 2,793 | Delft Colony CA | 1,043 | $37K | 86.3% | 56.0% | 0% | D |
| 2,794 | Fredonia AZ | 1,290 | $63K | 24.3% | 6.0% | 11% | D |
| 2,795 | Hiawassee GA | 1,038 | $45K | 17.7% | 7.1% | 11% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Delft Colony, the top three, the last and three more from California.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Students. 20% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Delft Colony: questions
What is the median household income in Delft Colony?
$36,798 (±$13,920) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delft Colony?
86.3% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 77.7%. California: 12.0%.
How long is the commute from Delft Colony?
28 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delft Colony work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dinuba (15%, 3 mi), Visalia (11%, 14 mi), Fresno (9%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Delft Colony without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delft Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delft Colony
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.