Hamlin has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
7% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%). 417 jobs are based in Hamlin, against 895 working residents. Hamlin grades C for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Hamlin
Hamlin’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hamlin is Abilene, 38 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (162) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Most jobs in Hamlin go to people who live here
Of the 417 jobs based in Hamlin, 50% are held by Hamlin residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 895 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Hamlin’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hamlin is better than 34% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Hamlin’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hamlin could be anywhere from D to B.
Half of Hamlin commutes less than 38 miles
About 37% 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.
Hamlin quiets down on a workday
On a workday 687 residents head out to work, 208 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Hamlin on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
18% of working residents work in Abilene
Where Hamlin clocks in
18% of workers
3% 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.
What Hamlin’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hamlin, 2013 → 2023: 663 → 417. 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.
Hamlin’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hamlin workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,022 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Hamlin
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hamlin is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Hamlin near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,095 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). 7.0% of Hamlin households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hamlin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Hamlin ranks 3,167th of 5,656 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Rollingwood TX | 1,466 | $240K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 25 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,165 | Forest Home Township MI | 1,764 | $81K | 8.7% | 5.8% | 4% | C |
| 3,166 | Kingsville Township OH | 1,626 | $79K | 14.6% | 1.0% | 2% | C |
| 3,167 | Hamlin TX | 1,876 | $61K | 13.4% | 1.8% | 23% | C |
| 3,168 | Aubbeenaubbee Township IN | 1,347 | $78K | 9.3% | 9.5% | 1% | C |
| 3,169 | Avoca NY | 1,927 | $68K | 13.3% | 2.9% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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 Hamlin, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
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?
$60,625 (±$17,557) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hamlin?
13.4%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hamlin?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hamlin work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Abilene (18%, 38 mi), Rotan (3%, 20 mi), Aspermont (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hamlin walkable?
Hamlin is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 4% 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. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.