Hamilton College has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any work in Hamilton College itself; outside it, Kirkland draws the most (31%, 2 miles). Hamilton College has 6 jobs for 531 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 13 minutes; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Hamilton College in brief
Hamilton College is a place people come home to
There are 6 jobs based in Hamilton College, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hamilton College has about 1,500 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Hamilton College are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 153 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 531 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Hamilton College
On a workday 530 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Hamilton College on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 13 minutes to work from Hamilton College
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hamilton College workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 537 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Hamilton College commutes less than 10 miles
About 31% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where people from Hamilton College work
Where Hamilton College clocks in
31% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Hamilton College
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hamilton College, 2014 → 2024: 162 → 6. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hamilton College’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 College: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hamilton College?
0.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hamilton College?
13 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hamilton College work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kirkland (31%, 2 mi), Utica (10%, 10 mi), New Hartford (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hamilton College, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hamilton College
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.