Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Hamilton City works elsewhere
Employers in Hamilton City report 123 jobs; 571 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Hamilton City C; getting around on foot earns it C. 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hamilton City, in a few figures
A big share show a job far from home
43% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Hamilton City is a place people come home to
There are 123 jobs based in Hamilton City, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Few Hamilton City workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 571 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Hamilton City’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hamilton City is better than 35% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hamilton City’s grade up (7.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hamilton City could be anywhere from D to B+.
Miles to work from Hamilton City
About 43% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily flow of workers through Hamilton City
On a workday 559 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Hamilton City on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Hamilton City: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hamilton City workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,043 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
23% of working residents work in Chico
Where Hamilton City clocks in
23% of workers
5% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Hamilton City works in goods: 28% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hamilton City, 2013 → 2023: 202 → 123. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hamilton City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Hamilton City commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hamilton City is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,043 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Hamilton City households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hamilton City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100, Hamilton City comes 3,140th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Rolling Hills CA | 1,641 | $250K | 5.5% | 5.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 80 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,138 | Harrison Township IN | 1,895 | $88K | 15.1% | 0.3% | 6% | C |
| 3,139 | Prospect Township KS | 2,548 | $59K | 10.5% | 2.2% | 2% | C |
| 3,140 | Hamilton City CA | 2,267 | $66K | 7.6% | 5.7% | 2% | C |
| 3,141 | New Haven MO | 2,397 | $71K | 10.1% | 4.7% | 11% | C |
| 3,142 | South Coatesville PA | 1,773 | $76K | 15.0% | 9.3% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hamilton City, the top three, the last and three more from California.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hamilton City: questions
What is the median household income in Hamilton City?
$65,833 (±$14,235) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hamilton City?
7.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hamilton City?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hamilton City work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chico (23%, 10 mi), Sacramento (5%, 86 mi), Willows (3%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hamilton City walkable?
Hamilton City is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hamilton City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hamilton City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hamilton City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.