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Jobs & commute in Hamlin

Work means Sabetha for about half of Hamlin’s working residents

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. There are 6 jobs in Hamlin for 10 working residents.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

6 jobs based here
Household income
$81K
median · Kansas $74K
Poverty
0.0%
Kansas 11.3%
Unemployment
0.0%
Kansas 3.9% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 10 working residents
Work from home
0%
Kansas 12% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

How many people are in Hamlin by day

On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

10live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night36
Workday32
36live here− 10head out to work+ 6come in to work= 32on a workday

About 32 people are in Hamlin on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.60jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

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 commute map

The places Hamlin commutes to

HamlinMorrillHortonHiawatha: 3 residents work here (30%)Sabetha: 5 residents work here (50%)TonganoxieCairo: 1 residents work here (10%)HamiltonSherman TownshipMission Township: 1 residents work here (10%)SabethaHiawathaCairoMission TownshipHamlin
1
Sabetha8.8 mi away
50%5
2
Hiawatha6.5 mi away
30%3
3
Cairo, MO171.6 mi away
10%1
4
Mission Township14.5 mi away
10%1
The top trips

Where Hamlin clocks in

50%Sabetha
50% of workers
8.8 mi awaySabetha5 Hamlin residents work here · Jobs & commute →
30%Hiawatha
30% of workers
6.5 mi awayHiawatha3 Hamlin residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10%Cairo
10% of workers
171.6 mi awayCairo, MO1 Hamlin residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

Goods jobs make up 50% of work in Hamlin

Jobs based in HamlinJobs Hamlin residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms50%20%
Trade, transport & utilities0%20%
Services: health, schools, offices50%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less67%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%20%
Over $3,333 a month33%70%

Who does it

29 or younger17%20%
30 to 5450%30%
55 and older33%50%

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 Hamlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Hamlin

Working from home
0%

of Hamlin workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Hamlin gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 9 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Hamlin

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSabetha: 50% · 8.8 miHiawatha: 30% · 6.5 miCairo: 10% · 171.6 miMission Township: 10% · 14.5 miSabetha 50%Hiawatha 30%Mission Township 10%Hamlin
HamlinTop destinations (size = commuters)
80%Under 10 mi8 residents
10%10–24 mi1 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
10%Over 50 mi1 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Hamlin: questions

What is the median household income in Hamlin?

$81,250 (±$27,715) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Hamlin?

0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Hamlin work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Hamlin without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Hamlin, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Hamlin

Hamlin home →
HandbookGetting around HamlinRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in KSShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.