Jobs and the daily commute in Delphos
Hardly any work in Delphos; the top destination outside it is Diagonal (22%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 11% for Iowa as a whole. 10 jobs are based in Delphos for 9 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Delphos for work, and who comes in
On a workday 9 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5 people are in Delphos on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Delphos’ residents
Where Delphos clocks in
22% of workers
11% 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.
Most jobs in Delphos are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Delphos’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Delphos
of Delphos workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Delphos’ workers travel
About 33% 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.
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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Delphos: questions
What is the poverty rate in Delphos?
25.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Delphos work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Diagonal (22%, 10 mi), Exira (11%, 70 mi), Leon (11%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Delphos without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 50% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delphos, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delphos
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.