Work & commute · Hamilton

Work & commute in Hamilton, MO

Most working residents leave Hamilton for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Hamilton (17%), Kansas City (10%) and Cameron (10%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

161 of 926 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 765 Hamilton residents head out of town to work, 161 work right here, and 766 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamilton.

765live here, work elsewhere

161live and work here

766work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamilton goes to work

Hamilton1.9 mi away

17%153

Kansas City50.7 mi away

10%94

Cameron10.3 mi away

10%89

St. Joseph41.6 mi away

8%75

Chillicothe26.3 mi away

2%22

Liberty40.2 mi away

2%21

Independence48.4 mi away

2%20

North Kansas City50.3 mi away

2%17

Kansas City, KS57 mi away

2%16

Excelsior Springs29.9 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%403

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.

21%

18%

27%

34%

21%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamilton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamilton are

927 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

927 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Hamilton residents hold

926 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+111%

Jobs based in Hamilton, 2013 → 2023: 439 → 927. 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.