Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0At 8.2%, unemployment in Delhi is higher than in 89% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Delhi is behind 85% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Delhi are D for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in three work in Delhi itself; outside it, Monroe draws the most (9%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Delhi, in a few figures
Fewer than half of Delhi workers earn over $40,000 a year
37% of Delhi’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Delhi’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Delhi is Monroe, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (115) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Delhi are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Louisiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Louisiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Delhi
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Delhi is better than 7% of U.S. towns, #136 of 161 in Louisiana. Job access by car holds Delhi’s grade up (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (25.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Delhi could be anywhere from D− to C.
What the 1,509 jobs in Delhi are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delhi, 2013 → 2023: 1,630 → 1,509. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
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 Delhi’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Delhi works
About 20% 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.
The daily trip from Delhi: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delhi workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 997 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 85% 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.
In and out of Delhi on a workday
On a workday 817 residents head out to work, 410 work right here, and 1,099 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Delhi on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 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.
Out of Delhi to work: where people go
Where Delhi clocks in
9% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 of Delhi commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Delhi is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #95 of 161 in Louisiana. Both inputs place Delhi near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,007 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.9% of Delhi households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Delhi’s commuters take a bus or train.
Delhi and other U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 423 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,421 | Corinna ME | 2,261 | $57K | 17.7% | 6.1% | 7% | D |
| 4,422 | Stanton KY | 3,153 | $25K | 26.0% | 7.1% | 20% | D |
| 4,423 | Delhi LA | 2,519 | $52K | 25.1% | 8.2% | 33% | D |
| 4,424 | Roundup MT | 2,075 | $58K | 16.6% | 10.7% | 42% | D |
| 4,425 | Badin NC | 1,915 | $53K | 19.6% | 7.4% | <1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Delhi, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
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 Delhi: questions
What is the median household income in Delhi?
$52,132 (±$11,571) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delhi?
25.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delhi?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delhi work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe (9%, 34 mi), Rayville (5%, 16 mi), Tallulah (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Delhi walkable?
Delhi is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Delhi without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delhi, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delhi
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.