Photo: Michael C. Byrnes · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Hamlin commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 737 jobs in Hamlin for 3,935 working residents. For jobs and income Hamlin is better than 42% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (D). Only 5% work in Hamlin; the top destination outside it is Rochester (23%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Hamlin, in brief
Hamlin is a place people come home to
There are 737 jobs based in Hamlin, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hamlin has about 5,400 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Hamlin
61% of Hamlin residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Hamlin pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Hamlin are quick
The average trip to work takes 28 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Hamlin
Household income holds Hamlin’s grade up ($83,510, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hamlin could be anywhere from C to B.
Hamlin by day and by night
On a workday 3,719 residents head out to work, 216 work right here, and 521 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,400 people are in Hamlin on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Jobs in Hamlin: what the 737 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hamlin, 2013 → 2023: 620 → 737. 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 Hamlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Hamlin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hamlin workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,456 commuters (the 12% 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.
The towns that employ Hamlin’s residents
Where Hamlin clocks in
23% of workers
8% 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 distance from Hamlin to work
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.
In Hamlin, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,935 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% 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). 6.6% of Hamlin households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hamlin’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hamlin is 1,949th of 2,944 U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | East Rockaway NY | 10,096 | $125K | 2.6% | 3.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,947 | White Oak PA | 7,286 | $59K | 9.8% | 7.0% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,948 | Lynchburg TN | 6,920 | $66K | 8.0% | 4.5% | 24% | C+ |
| 1,949 | Hamlin NY | 8,601 | $84K | 11.5% | 6.8% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,950 | Desert Palms CA | 6,579 | $80K | 9.6% | 8.3% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,951 | Sandpoint ID | 10,645 | $72K | 14.6% | 2.5% | 44% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,944 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Hamlin
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Parma. Darker towns draw more of Hamlin’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 Hamlin: questions
What is the median household income in Hamlin?
$83,510 (±$9,408) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hamlin?
11.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hamlin?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hamlin work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (23%, 19 mi), Greece (8%, 12 mi), Sweden (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hamlin walkable?
Hamlin is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hamlin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hamlin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hamlin
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.