Work & commute · Hamilton

Work & commute in Hamilton, OH

Most working residents leave Hamilton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (47%), Obetz (5%) and Grove City (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

226 of 4,013 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,787 Hamilton residents head out of town to work, 226 work right here, and 7,429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamilton.

3,787live here, work elsewhere

226live and work here

7,429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamilton goes to work

Columbus9.5 mi away

47%1,906

Obetz1.3 mi away

5%216

Grove City5.7 mi away

5%188

Groveport3.7 mi away

4%164

Dublin20.7 mi away

2%87

Gahanna13.6 mi away

2%68

Hamilton (in town)right here

2%68

Westerville19.1 mi away

1%59

Hilliard16.5 mi away

1%54

New Albany19.3 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,155

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.

50%

35%

12%

50%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamilton is a job hub

1.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamilton are

7,655 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

7,655 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Hamilton residents hold

4,013 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+36%

Jobs based in Hamilton, 2013 → 2023: 5,628 → 7,655. 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.