Work & commute · Hamlet

Work & commute in Hamlet, NE

Most working residents leave Hamlet for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Hayes Center (17%), Palisade (8%) and Wallace (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

2 of 12 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 10 Hamlet residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamlet.

10live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamlet goes to work

Hayes Center14.3 mi away

17%2

Hamlet (in town)right here

17%2

Palisade7.1 mi away

8%1

Wallace31.5 mi away

8%1

Imperial23 mi away

8%1

North Platte57.1 mi away

8%1

Kearney115.1 mi away

8%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%3

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.

33%

42%

17%

33%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamlet is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamlet are

24 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

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month4%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Hamlet residents hold

12 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month50%

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.