Work & commute · Hamlin

Work & commute in Hamlin, MI

Most working residents leave Hamlin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ludington (22%), Pere Marquette (11%) and Grand Rapids (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 1,447 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,426 Hamlin residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamlin.

1,426live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamlin goes to work

Ludington5 mi away

22%313

Pere Marquette7 mi away

11%166

Grand Rapids83.8 mi away

6%82

Amber7 mi away

4%65

Manistee20.2 mi away

4%60

Kentwood90 mi away

2%36

Victory5.5 mi away

2%35

Scottville9.9 mi away

2%32

Manistee16 mi away

2%30

Muskegon56.3 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%600

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

How far

How far Hamlin commutes

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

44%

11%

41%

44%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamlin 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 Hamlin are

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

Jobs based in Hamlin

174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Hamlin residents hold

1,447 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−13%

Jobs based in Hamlin, 2011 → 2021: 200 → 174. 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.