Work & commute · Hamilton

Work & commute in Hamilton, MS

Most working residents leave Hamilton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (18%), Aberdeen (13%) and Amory (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 178 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 174 Hamilton residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamilton.

174live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamilton goes to work

Columbus16.5 mi away

18%32

Aberdeen10.2 mi away

13%24

Amory16.8 mi away

7%12

Tupelo40.7 mi away

6%11

New Hamilton2 mi away

5%9

Hamilton (in town)right here

2%4

West Point17.3 mi away

2%3

Starkville31.1 mi away

2%3

Fulton35.7 mi away

1%2

Pontotoc49 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%76

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.

27%

42%

14%

17%

27%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamilton is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamilton are

20 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

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Hamilton residents hold

178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

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.