Work & commute · Hamlin

Work & commute in Hamlin, WV

Most working residents leave Hamlin for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Huntington (13%), Charleston (7%) and Barboursville (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

56 of 335 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 279 Hamlin residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 817 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamlin.

279live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

817work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamlin goes to work

Hamlin (in town)right here

17%56

Huntington20.2 mi away

13%43

Charleston25.9 mi away

7%22

Barboursville13.7 mi away

3%10

Teays Valley15.2 mi away

3%10

South Charleston21.6 mi away

2%7

Milton11.1 mi away

1%5

Dunbar20.8 mi away

1%5

Beckley61.9 mi away

1%5

Wayne18.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%168

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Hamlin commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

27%

45%

14%

27%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamlin is a job hub

2.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamlin are

873 jobs are based in Hamlin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hamlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hamlin

873 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Hamlin residents hold

335 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−23%

Jobs based in Hamlin, 2013 → 2023: 1,138 → 873. 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.