Work & commute · Hamel

Work & commute in Hamel, IL

Most working residents leave Hamel for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Edwardsville (13%), St. Louis (8%) and Granite City (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 1,252 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,205 Hamel residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 369 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamel.

1,205live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

369work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamel goes to work

Edwardsville8.8 mi away

13%157

St. Louis, MO26.3 mi away

8%105

Granite City17.2 mi away

4%56

Alton15.2 mi away

3%43

Belleville26 mi away

3%34

Roxana10.3 mi away

2%30

Maryville11.6 mi away

2%27

Chicago234.5 mi away

2%27

Hamel2 mi away

2%24

Glen Carbon10.3 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%726

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

How far

How far Hamel commutes

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

25%

39%

23%

14%

25%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamel is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamel are

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

Jobs based in Hamel

416 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Hamel residents hold

1,252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+36%

Jobs based in Hamel, 2013 → 2023: 306 → 416. 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.