Work & commute · Hamilton

Work & commute in Hamilton, OH

Most working residents leave Hamilton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (10%), Mason (8%) and Blue Ash (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

622 of 14,667 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,045 Hamilton residents head out of town to work, 622 work right here, and 2,036 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamilton.

14,045live here, work elsewhere

622live and work here

2,036work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamilton goes to work

Cincinnati20.6 mi away

10%1,499

Mason6.1 mi away

8%1,201

Blue Ash11.3 mi away

5%801

Deerfield5.6 mi away

5%728

West Chester11.9 mi away

5%720

Lebanon7.5 mi away

4%613

Hamilton (in town)right here

4%524

Sharonville11.6 mi away

3%479

Dayton32.3 mi away

2%325

Columbus79.3 mi away

2%319

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%7,458

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.

37%

44%

10%

37%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamilton 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 Hamilton are

2,658 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

2,658 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hamilton residents hold

14,667 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+43%

Jobs based in Hamilton, 2013 → 2023: 1,862 → 2,658. 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.