Work & commute · New Hamilton

Work & commute in New Hamilton, MS

Most working residents leave New Hamilton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (18%), Aberdeen (17%) and Amory (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 200 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 191 New Hamilton residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Hamilton.

191live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

148work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Hamilton goes to work

Columbus16.6 mi away

18%35

Aberdeen8.5 mi away

17%33

Amory16.4 mi away

5%10

Tupelo39.8 mi away

5%10

New Hamilton (in town)right here

5%9

West Point15.7 mi away

4%8

Starkville29.6 mi away

2%4

Jackson142.4 mi away

2%4

Columbus AFB8.3 mi away

2%3

Caledonia8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%82

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

How far

How far New Hamilton commutes

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

29%

43%

13%

15%

29%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Hamilton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Hamilton are

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

Jobs based in New Hamilton

157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs New Hamilton residents hold

200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−40%

Jobs based in New Hamilton, 2013 → 2023: 261 → 157. 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.