At 10.0%, unemployment in Hamlin Township is higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Hamlin Township itself; outside it, Lansing draws the most (19%, 18 miles). The two grades for Hamlin Township are B for jobs and income and C for walkability. 1.9% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.2% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hamlin Township, in a few figures
Where Hamlin Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hamlin Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #324 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Hamlin Township’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hamlin Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Who commutes out of Hamlin Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,349 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Hamlin Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.13 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 2021, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Hamlin Township: the destinations
Where Hamlin Township clocks in
19% 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 kinds of work in Hamlin Township
181 jobs are based in Hamlin Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hamlin Township, 2011 → 2021: 59 → 181. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hamlin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Hamlin Township spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hamlin Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,203 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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 it is to work from Hamlin Township
About 19% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Hamlin Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hamlin Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #446 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,475 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). 0.4% of Hamlin Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hamlin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hamlin Township next to U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400: 1,735th of 4,453 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 154 | Lima Township MI | 4,215 | $119K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,733 | Monroe Township OH | 2,733 | $90K | 2.6% | 6.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,734 | Carlton Township MI | 2,429 | $83K | 8.7% | 3.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,735 | Hamlin Township MI | 3,238 | $92K | 1.9% | 10.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,736 | Lake Nacimiento CA | 3,339 | $92K | 3.5% | 3.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,737 | Galena IL | 3,210 | $59K | 6.4% | 1.6% | 40% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Hamlin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Hamlin Township
The biggest share goes to Eaton Rapids (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hamlin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamlin Township | – | B | C | 26 min | $91,944 |
| Eaton Rapids | 9% | B− | B− | 28 min | $63,875 |
| Eaton Rapids Township | under 2% | A− | D | 25 min | $82,906 |
| Onondaga Township | under 2% | B | D− | 29 min | $90,987 |
| Springport Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 28 min | $57,688 |
| Brookfield Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 30 min | $87,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hamlin 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 2021, 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 Hamlin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hamlin Township?
$91,944 (±$16,930) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hamlin Township?
1.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hamlin Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hamlin Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (19%, 18 mi), Eaton Rapids (9%, 4 mi), Delta Township (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Hamlin Township walkable?
Hamlin Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hamlin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hamlin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hamlin Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.