Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Delta commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Delta are B− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 866 jobs are based in Delta; 1,584 of its residents have a job. About one in ten work in Delta itself; outside it, Toledo draws the most (11%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Delta: the figures worth knowing
Delta’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Delta is Toledo, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (170) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Delta are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
What’s behind Delta’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Delta is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #641 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Delta’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Delta could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Where in the region Delta works
About 17% 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.
Jobs in Delta: what the 866 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delta, 2013 → 2023: 753 → 866. 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 Delta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Delta on a workday
On a workday 1,446 residents head out to work, 138 work right here, and 728 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Delta on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
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 Delta’s residents
Where Delta clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
Getting to work from Delta takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delta workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,354 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
Most of Delta commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Delta is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #231 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Delta 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 1,528 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). 6.0% of Delta households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Delta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Delta is 2,315th of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,313 | Mineralwells WV | 2,389 | $65K | 13.9% | 1.1% | 2% | B− |
| 2,314 | Pembroke GA | 2,706 | $73K | 14.6% | 2.0% | 10% | B− |
| 2,315 | Delta OH | 3,291 | $63K | 15.4% | 2.6% | 9% | B− |
| 2,316 | Tuftonboro NH | 2,678 | $101K | 4.0% | 6.0% | 11% | B− |
| 2,317 | Underwood-Petersville AL | 3,100 | $48K | 7.4% | 3.2% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Delta, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Delta
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta | – | B− | B+ | 25 min | $63,293 |
| Fulton Township | under 3% | B | D | 29 min | $81,964 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 median household income in Delta?
$63,293 (±$7,373) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delta?
15.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delta?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delta work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (11%, 23 mi), Wauseon (8%, 6 mi), York Township (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Delta walkable?
Delta is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Delta without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% 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. 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.