Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHamilton Township has lower household incomes than 78% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Hamilton Township C; getting around on foot earns it C−. 9.2% of residents are in poverty; Ohio has 13.3%. Only 2% stay in Hamilton Township for work; outside it, Ironton is the main destination (18%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hamilton Township and work: the main findings
Hamilton Township and Ironton trade workers both ways
Ironton is the top workplace for Hamilton Township residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Hamilton Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hamilton Township makes and builds things
49% of the jobs based in Hamilton Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hamilton Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
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; with 658 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Hamilton Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hamilton Township is better than 29% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hamilton Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($57,500, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.5%) is left out: Hamilton Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hamilton Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Commuting out of Hamilton Township: the destinations
Where Hamilton Township clocks in
18% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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.
49% of the jobs in Hamilton Township make or build things
582 jobs are based in Hamilton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hamilton Township, 2013 → 2023: 625 → 582. 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 Hamilton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Hamilton Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 648 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 572 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Hamilton Township, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hamilton Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 659 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
The commute from Hamilton Township, by distance
About 28% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Hamilton Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hamilton Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 762 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). 2.3% of Hamilton Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hamilton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hamilton Township next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100: 3,447th of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 25 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
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| 48 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 3,445 | Watertown Township MI | 2,074 | $82K | 6.6% | 13.7% | <1% | C |
| 3,446 | Weesaw Township MI | 1,811 | $58K | 13.0% | 5.2% | 4% | C |
| 3,447 | Hamilton Township OH | 1,589 | $58K | 9.2% | 1.5% | 2% | C |
| 3,448 | Callahan FL | 1,830 | $57K | 14.7% | 1.2% | 4% | C |
| 3,449 | Akron IA | 1,531 | $66K | 9.5% | 1.7% | 18% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Hamilton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
22% of Hamilton Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hamilton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Township | – | C | C− | 23 min | $57,500 |
| Upper Township | under 2% | D | B | 22 min | $48,548 |
| Hanging Rock | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Ironton | 18% | D | B | 22 min | $47,648 |
| Elizabeth Township | 4% | D | D− | 31 min | $60,708 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hanging Rock: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ironton. Darker towns draw more of Hamilton 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 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 Hamilton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hamilton Township?
$57,500 (±$14,641) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hamilton Township?
9.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hamilton Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hamilton Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ironton (18%, 4 mi), Ashland (12%, 9 mi), Huntington (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hamilton Township walkable?
Hamilton Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hamilton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hamilton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hamilton Township
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.