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Work & commute · Hamlet

Work & commute in Hamlet, IN

Most working residents leave Hamlet for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Knox (11%), Plymouth (9%) and Oregon (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
3 of 303 working residents
Typical commute
26 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 300 Hamlet residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamlet.

300live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
64work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Hamlet goes to work

HamletCulverKnoxNappaneePlymouthValparaisoLa PortePortageCrown PointSouth BendLafayetteGaryWashingtonWaynePolkOregonKnoxPlymouthOregonSouth BendLa PorteNappaneeValparaisoPortageLafayetteGaryHamlet
1
Knox6.4 mi away
11%33
2
Plymouth13.8 mi away
9%28
3
Oregon3.2 mi away
6%17
4
South Bend26.2 mi away
4%13
5
La Porte17.4 mi away
4%11
6
Nappanee30.7 mi away
3%8
7
Valparaiso25.3 mi away
3%8
8
Portage34.1 mi away
2%7
9
Lafayette69.3 mi away
2%7
10
Gary42.1 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%164

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

How far

How far Hamlet commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
34%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Hamlet is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamlet are

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

Jobs based in Hamlet

67 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities70%
Services (health, schools, offices…)30%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Hamlet residents hold

303 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)40%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+43%

Jobs based in Hamlet, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 67. 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.

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