Photo: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0At 1.5%, unemployment in Delafield is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 20% of workers (Wisconsin 13%). The two grades for Delafield are A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 6% work in Delafield itself; outside it, Milwaukee draws the most (11%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Delafield, in a few figures
Delafield is where the jobs are
Delafield has 5,361 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Delafield
68% of Delafield residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Delafield pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Delafield draws workers from far and wide
The 5,361 jobs in Delafield are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 33%; the other 63% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Delafield pay little
27% of the jobs based in Delafield pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 34% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
Delafield’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Delafield is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #80 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($94,806, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Delafield could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How a workday changes Delafield
On a workday 3,064 residents head out to work, 194 work right here, and 5,167 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,400 people are in Delafield on a workday afternoon, 29% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The kinds of work in Delafield
5,361 jobs are based in Delafield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delafield, 2013 → 2023: 4,172 → 5,361. 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 Delafield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Delafield: where workers come from
Where Delafield clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
About 25 minutes each way for Delafield’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delafield workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,070 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
The distance from Delafield to work
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.
Getting around Delafield: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Delafield is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #169 of 362 in Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,832 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.2% of Delafield households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Delafield’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Delafield ranks: 316th of 3,154 U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Fox Point WI | 6,583 | $141K | 2.5% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Elm Grove WI | 6,354 | $158K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 314 | Monee IL | 5,119 | $92K | 6.2% | 1.2% | 4% | A |
| 315 | Cresskill NJ | 9,257 | $170K | 3.3% | 5.2% | 3% | A |
| 316 | Delafield WI | 7,314 | $95K | 5.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A |
| 317 | Cape Elizabeth ME | 9,827 | $146K | 5.2% | 2.5% | 10% | A |
| 318 | Rowley MA | 6,356 | $133K | 3.1% | 3.3% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,154 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Delafield, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Delafield and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hartland (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delafield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delafield | – | A | B− | 25 min | $94,806 |
| Nashotah | under 3% | A+ | A− | 22 min | $148,403 |
| Summit | under 3% | A+ | C | 26 min | $140,682 |
| Hartland | 5% | A− | B | 22 min | $87,754 |
| Merton | under 3% | A+ | C | 24 min | $119,297 |
| Okauchee Lake | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Oconomowoc | under 3% | A+ | C | 24 min | $114,782 |
| Chenequa | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Oconomowoc Lake | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Okauchee Lake: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Chenequa and Oconomowoc Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Delafield’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 Delafield: questions
What is the median household income in Delafield?
$94,806 (±$12,612) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delafield?
5.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delafield?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delafield work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (11%, 21 mi), Waukesha (7%, 8 mi), Hartland (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Delafield walkable?
Delafield is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Delafield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delafield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delafield
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.