Work & commute · Hamilton

Work & commute in Hamilton, IL

Most working residents leave Hamilton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Keokuk (25%), Fort Madison (6%) and Carthage (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

136 of 1,182 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,046 Hamilton residents head out of town to work, 136 work right here, and 324 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamilton.

1,046live here, work elsewhere

136live and work here

324work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamilton goes to work

Keokuk, IA2.5 mi away

25%299

Hamilton (in town)right here

12%136

Fort Madison, IA15.9 mi away

6%66

Carthage12.4 mi away

5%63

Quincy31.7 mi away

4%43

Montebello3 mi away

3%32

Peoria94.8 mi away

2%29

Burlington, IA31.3 mi away

2%26

Ellington27.6 mi away

2%25

Springfield99.8 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%441

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

How far

How far Hamilton commutes

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

44%

15%

25%

44%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamilton is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamilton are

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

Jobs based in Hamilton

460 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Hamilton residents hold

1,182 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−3%

Jobs based in Hamilton, 2013 → 2023: 476 → 460. 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.