Work & commute · Hamden

Work & commute in Hamden, NY

Most working residents leave Hamden for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Delhi (24%), New York (7%) and Andes (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 420 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 387 Hamden residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 325 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamden.

387live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

325work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamden goes to work

Delhi6.2 mi away

24%99

Hamden (in town)right here

8%33

New York119.2 mi away

7%29

Andes11.1 mi away

7%28

Middletown18.3 mi away

5%20

Walton7.7 mi away

3%14

Oneonta18.1 mi away

2%10

Albany68.3 mi away

2%10

Colonie71.4 mi away

2%9

Colchester11.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%161

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

How far

How far Hamden commutes

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

38%

18%

36%

38%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamden are

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

Jobs based in Hamden

358 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Hamden residents hold

420 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+13%

Jobs based in Hamden, 2013 → 2023: 317 → 358. 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.