Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Hamburg works elsewhere
Hamburg has 696 jobs; 1,788 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Hamburg is better than 77% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (C+). Only 4% work in Hamburg; the top destination outside it is Sparta Township (4%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hamburg, in brief
Jobs & income in Hamburg: the grade in detail
The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hamburg could be anywhere from B− to A+.
A workday in Hamburg: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,714 residents head out to work, 74 work right here, and 622 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Hamburg on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where Hamburg goes to work
Where Hamburg clocks in
4% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Goods jobs make up 29% of work in Hamburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hamburg, 2013 → 2023: 662 → 696. 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 Hamburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 35 minutes each way for Hamburg’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hamburg workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,792 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Hamburg
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.
Most of Hamburg commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,033 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). 1.4% of Hamburg households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hamburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hamburg is 957th of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 955 | Springfield Township IN | 3,731 | $85K | 7.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A− |
| 956 | Olive Township MI | 2,527 | $102K | 7.0% | 3.4% | 2% | A− |
| 957 | Hamburg NJ | 3,345 | $87K | 3.4% | 4.0% | 4% | A− |
| 958 | Mayfield OH | 3,296 | $126K | 4.2% | 8.8% | 7% | A− |
| 959 | Summerset SD | 3,030 | $119K | 8.6% | 2.2% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | 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 Hamburg, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Work in the towns next to Hamburg
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hamburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg | – | A− | C+ | 35 min | $86,975 |
| Hardyston Township | 4% | B+ | C+ | 40 min | $120,392 |
| Franklin | 2% | B | B | 37 min | $92,744 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hardyston Township. Darker towns draw more of Hamburg’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 Hamburg: questions
What is the median household income in Hamburg?
$86,975 (±$15,816) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hamburg?
3.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hamburg?
35 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hamburg work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sparta Township (4%, 7 mi), New York City (4%, 47 mi), Hardyston Township (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hamburg walkable?
Hamburg is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hamburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hamburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hamburg
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.