Work & commute · Hamblen

Work & commute in Hamblen, IN

Most working residents leave Hamblen for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (15%), Nashville (11%) and Franklin (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 1,666 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 1,638 Hamblen residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamblen.

1,638live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamblen goes to work

Columbus13.6 mi away

15%258

Nashville6.6 mi away

11%191

Franklin15.9 mi away

9%147

Bloomington21.2 mi away

5%86

Center34.2 mi away

3%58

Greenwood22.4 mi away

3%43

Washington9.8 mi away

2%36

Washington41.1 mi away

2%32

Trafalgar9.1 mi away

2%31

Jackson8.2 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%754

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

How far

How far Hamblen commutes

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

23%

43%

20%

14%

23%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamblen is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamblen are

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

Jobs based in Hamblen

116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Hamblen residents hold

1,666 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+29%

Jobs based in Hamblen, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 116. 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.