Work & commute · Hamden

Work & commute in Hamden, OH

Most working residents leave Hamden for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are McArthur (11%), Elk (11%) and Chillicothe (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 258 working residents

Typical commute

25 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 252 Hamden residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamden.

252live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

190work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamden goes to work

McArthur6.6 mi away

11%29

Elk7.5 mi away

11%28

Chillicothe28.1 mi away

5%14

Green28.5 mi away

5%13

Wellston2.9 mi away

5%12

Columbus62.2 mi away

4%11

Madison10.5 mi away

4%10

Athens25.5 mi away

3%9

Clinton2.7 mi away

3%9

Jackson10.1 mi away

3%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%115

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%

12%

30%

20%

38%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamden are

196 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

196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Hamden residents hold

258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+326%

Jobs based in Hamden, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 196. 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.