Work & commute · Hamilton

Work & commute in Hamilton, OH

Most working residents leave Hamilton for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Fairfield (10%), Cincinnati (8%) and West Chester (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

4,282 of 26,295 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 22,013 Hamilton residents head out of town to work, 4,282 work right here, and 16,142 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamilton.

22,013live here, work elsewhere

4,282live and work here

16,142work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamilton goes to work

Hamilton (in town)right here

16%4,282

Fairfield4.5 mi away

10%2,680

Cincinnati17.8 mi away

8%2,088

West Chester8.8 mi away

7%1,907

Blue Ash14 mi away

3%798

Sharonville11.5 mi away

3%719

Columbus93.4 mi away

2%602

Mason14.6 mi away

2%570

Fairfield2.3 mi away

2%526

Middletown13.1 mi away

2%501

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%11,622

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.

44%

39%

12%

44%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamilton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamilton are

20,424 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

20,424 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Hamilton residents hold

26,295 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−4%

Jobs based in Hamilton, 2013 → 2023: 21,370 → 20,424. 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.