Work & commute · Hamlet

Work & commute in Hamlet, NC

Most working residents leave Hamlet for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Rockingham (15%), Pinehurst (4%) and Laurinburg (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

217 of 2,394 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,177 Hamlet residents head out of town to work, 217 work right here, and 1,643 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamlet.

2,177live here, work elsewhere

217live and work here

1,643work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamlet goes to work

Rockingham4.4 mi away

15%360

Hamlet (in town)right here

9%217

Pinehurst24.9 mi away

4%102

Laurinburg15.9 mi away

3%77

Charlotte67.1 mi away

3%72

Raleigh88.7 mi away

3%67

Southern Pines27.4 mi away

3%62

Fayetteville43.8 mi away

2%52

Aberdeen23 mi away

2%46

Greensboro83.5 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,306

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

How far

How far Hamlet commutes

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

38%

15%

18%

29%

38%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamlet is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamlet are

1,860 jobs are based in Hamlet. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hamlet’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hamlet

1,860 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Hamlet residents hold

2,394 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+10%

Jobs based in Hamlet, 2013 → 2023: 1,690 → 1,860. 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.