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Work & commute in Hamilton, NY

48% of Hamilton’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Hamilton (48%), New York (4%) and Utica (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
48%
512 of 1,061 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
15 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 549 Hamilton residents head out of town to work, 512 work right here, and 2,982 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamilton.

549live here, work elsewhere
512live and work here
2,982work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Hamilton goes to work

NorwichHamiltonUticaSyracuseOneidaAlbanyNew YorkKirklandHamiltonDeRuyterEatonMadisonLebanonAugustaSherburneCazenoviaSangerfieldDeWittHamiltonNew YorkUticaAlbanyNorwichSyracuseOneidaEatonMadisonDeWittHamilton
1
Hamilton4.1 mi away
48%511
2
New York171.2 mi away
4%46
3
Utica24.8 mi away
2%18
4
Albany89.7 mi away
2%18
5
Norwich20.4 mi away
2%17
6
Syracuse33.3 mi away
1%15
7
Oneida17.8 mi away
1%12
8
Eaton5.8 mi away
1%10
9
Madison5.2 mi away
1%10
10
DeWitt30.5 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%394

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.

51%Under 10 mi
9%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
31%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Hamilton is a job hub

3.29jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamilton are

3,494 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

3,494 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities2%
Services (health, schools, offices…)97%
$1,250 a month or less35%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Hamilton residents hold

1,061 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)82%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+25%

Jobs based in Hamilton, 2013 → 2023: 2,806 → 3,494. 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.

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