Photo: Ktkvtsh · CC BY 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Delta, LA
Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 8% across Louisiana. Hardly any work in Delta itself; outside it, Tallulah draws the most (24%, 15 miles). Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Delta for work, and who comes in
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Delta on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Delta’s working residents head each day
Where Delta clocks in
24% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
Getting to work from Delta takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delta workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 61 commuters (the 0% 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.
How many miles Delta commutes
About 44% 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.
Delta and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta | – | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Mound | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mound: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Delta’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Delta: questions
What is the poverty rate in Delta?
50.0%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delta?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delta work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tallulah (24%, 15 mi), Vicksburg (7%, 4 mi), Monroe (3%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Delta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delta
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.