Work & commute · Hamilton

Work & commute in Hamilton, PA

Most working residents leave Hamilton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Stroud (8%), Pocono (6%) and Stroudsburg (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

185 of 3,398 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 3,213 Hamilton residents head out of town to work, 185 work right here, and 1,578 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamilton.

3,213live here, work elsewhere

185live and work here

1,578work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamilton goes to work

Stroud5.3 mi away

8%279

Pocono8.2 mi away

6%219

Stroudsburg5.5 mi away

6%208

Hamilton (in town)right here

5%185

East Stroudsburg7.3 mi away

5%166

New York, NY72.6 mi away

3%114

Chestnuthill7.7 mi away

2%84

Allentown25.9 mi away

2%60

Smithfield9.7 mi away

2%58

Bethlehem21.9 mi away

2%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,972

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%

22%

15%

25%

37%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamilton is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamilton are

1,763 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

1,763 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Hamilton residents hold

3,398 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+14%

Jobs based in Hamilton, 2013 → 2023: 1,549 → 1,763. 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.