Work & commute · Hamilton

Work & commute in Hamilton, MI

Most working residents leave Hamilton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Portage (7%), Keeler (7%) and Decatur (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 516 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 507 Hamilton residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamilton.

507live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamilton goes to work

Portage23.3 mi away

7%38

Keeler6.4 mi away

7%38

Decatur5.4 mi away

5%26

Benton18.8 mi away

5%25

Dowagiac9.5 mi away

4%20

Paw Paw7.8 mi away

3%18

Kalamazoo25.4 mi away

3%15

LaGrange12.2 mi away

3%15

Oshtemo20.8 mi away

3%14

Silver Creek9.3 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%297

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.

22%

39%

17%

22%

22%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamilton is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamilton are

61 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

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Hamilton residents hold

516 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−15%

Jobs based in Hamilton, 2011 → 2021: 72 → 61. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.