Work & commute · Lake Hamilton

Work & commute in Lake Hamilton, AR

Most working residents leave Lake Hamilton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Hot Springs (41%), Little Rock (14%) and Piney (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 724 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 699 Lake Hamilton residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 459 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Hamilton.

699live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

459work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Hamilton goes to work

Hot Springs4.4 mi away

41%297

Little Rock45.6 mi away

14%99

Lake Hamilton (in town)right here

3%25

Piney6.4 mi away

3%22

North Little Rock53.6 mi away

3%21

Rockwell4.1 mi away

3%19

Benton30.4 mi away

2%11

Pine Bluff62.2 mi away

2%11

Malvern15 mi away

1%10

Bryant35.8 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%201

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Lake Hamilton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

56%

14%

23%

56%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Hamilton is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Hamilton are

484 jobs are based in Lake Hamilton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Hamilton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Hamilton

484 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Lake Hamilton residents hold

724 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−16%

Jobs based in Lake Hamilton, 2013 → 2023: 573 → 484. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.