William Smith House · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Hamilton commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
33% of workers work from home; Virginia has 18%. Hamilton has 94 jobs for 287 working residents. Only 1% stay in Hamilton for work; outside it, Leesburg is the main destination (11%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hamilton: the figures worth knowing
Each way, about 26 minutes from Hamilton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hamilton workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 199 commuters (the 33% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Hamilton by day and by night
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Hamilton on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
The towns that employ Hamilton’s residents
Where Hamilton clocks in
11% 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.
77% of the jobs in Hamilton pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hamilton, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 94. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hamilton
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.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Hamilton?
$141,250 (±$33,701) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hamilton?
0.5%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hamilton?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hamilton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Leesburg (11%, 6 mi), Arlington (5%, 35 mi), Washington (5%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hamilton 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 Hamilton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hamilton
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.