Beatty-Trimpe Farm · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Hamilton Township are lower than in 75% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Hamilton Township C−; getting around on foot earns it D−. Only 6% stay in Hamilton Township for work; outside it, Seymour is the main destination (24%, 6 miles). Working residents average 18 minutes each way (Indiana 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hamilton Township
Hamilton Township makes and builds things
80% of the jobs based in Hamilton Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hamilton Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
Hamilton Township and Seymour trade workers both ways
Seymour is the top workplace for Hamilton Township residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Hamilton Township come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in Hamilton Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
81% of the jobs based in Hamilton Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 60% of the jobs Hamilton Township residents hold. 95% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Hamilton Township. The jobs ↓
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 752 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Hamilton Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Hamilton Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Hamilton Township’s grade.
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: Hamilton Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hamilton Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Goods, not services: 80% of the jobs in Hamilton Township
803 jobs are based in Hamilton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hamilton Township, 2013 → 2023: 816 → 803. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Hamilton Township: the destinations
Where Hamilton Township clocks in
24% of workers
16% of workers
10% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Hamilton Township
On a workday 708 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 759 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 18 minutes to work from Hamilton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hamilton Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 590 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hamilton Township
About 22% 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.
Hamilton Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hamilton Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Hamilton Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 707 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.0% of Hamilton Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hamilton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hamilton Township is 4,139th among 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 117 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,137 | Oran MO | 1,195 | $65K | 15.8% | 7.5% | 5% | C− |
| 4,138 | Van Buren Township IN | 1,819 | $56K | 14.7% | 1.8% | 4% | C− |
| 4,139 | Hamilton Township IN | 1,594 | $59K | 12.3% | 4.0% | 6% | C− |
| 4,140 | Moscow Township MI | 1,380 | $59K | 12.3% | 3.0% | 1% | C− |
| 4,141 | Christmas FL | 1,696 | $73K | 17.9% | 1.6% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Hamilton Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Brownstown Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hamilton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Township | – | C− | D− | 18 min | $59,474 |
| Brownstown Township | 2% | B | C− | 20 min | $72,256 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B− | B | 20 min | $62,411 |
| Pershing Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 29 min | $72,675 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | B | D | 23 min | $71,086 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 32 min | $106,591 |
| Redding Township | 1% | B+ | C− | 23 min | $85,692 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hamilton Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hamilton Township?
$59,474 (±$31,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hamilton Township?
12.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hamilton Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hamilton Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Seymour (24%, 6 mi), Columbus (16%, 16 mi), Indianapolis (10%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hamilton Township walkable?
Hamilton Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hamilton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hamilton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hamilton Township
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.