Work & commute · Hamilton

Work & commute in Hamilton, MO

Most working residents leave Hamilton for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Kansas City (10%), Cameron (10%) and St. Joseph (8%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

119 of 674 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 555 Hamilton residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 758 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamilton.

555live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

758work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamilton goes to work

Hamilton (in town)right here

18%119

Kansas City51.8 mi away

10%69

Cameron12.2 mi away

10%65

St. Joseph43.5 mi away

8%55

Chillicothe24.4 mi away

2%16

Independence49.2 mi away

2%15

Lee's Summit60.4 mi away

2%14

Liberty41.2 mi away

2%13

North Kansas City51.4 mi away

2%12

Kansas City, KS58.3 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%285

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%

19%

26%

33%

22%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamilton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamilton are

877 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

877 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Hamilton residents hold

674 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+123%

Jobs based in Hamilton, 2013 → 2023: 393 → 877. 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.