Work & commute · Hambden

Work & commute in Hambden, OH

Most working residents leave Hambden for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (11%), Chardon (10%) and Mentor (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 2,214 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,145 Hambden residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hambden.

2,145live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

323work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hambden goes to work

Cleveland29 mi away

11%233

Chardon4.3 mi away

10%215

Mentor10.3 mi away

10%214

Willoughby13.4 mi away

4%89

Munson8.2 mi away

3%73

Concord5.2 mi away

3%70

Hambden (in town)right here

3%69

Painesville8.4 mi away

3%63

Mayfield Heights17.2 mi away

2%45

Euclid19 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,099

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

How far

How far Hambden commutes

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

28%

45%

19%

28%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hambden is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.18 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hambden are

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

Jobs based in Hambden

392 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Hambden residents hold

2,214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−8%

Jobs based in Hambden, 2013 → 2023: 427 → 392. 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.