Households in Hamptons earn more than in almost any other Canadian town
Working at home: 35% of its workers, where the middle of Canadian towns has 21%. Workers in Hamptons spend 27.5 minutes on the way to work on average (26 in the middle of Canadian towns). 66% of people aged 15 to 64 in Hamptons had a job at the 2021 census; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%.
The short version on work in Hamptons
Fewer people in work than most towns
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 66% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 50%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
Unemployment was 14% at the 2021 census, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. The Labour Force Survey for the wider area read 6.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $140,800 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Many work from home
35% of workers worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Getting to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
The Jobs & income grade for Hamptons: C+
Better than 45% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #304 of 474 in Alberta.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, the share of 15-to-64s in work.
Graded against Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more; less unemployment and a shorter commute count in its favour.
How the grade works
Census 2021 measures, weighed equally against every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 people or more: the share of residents aged 15 to 64 in work, median household income (2020), the unemployment rate and the average commute. Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
How many in Hamptons were working in 2021
Of the 166 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 6, 23 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 57% of residents that age. Many residents are past working age, so among everyone 15 and over the share in work drops to 50%. By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 67% of the wider area’s adults in work. The figures are a snapshot of 11 May 2021, when pandemic rules still kept many people out of work or at home.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: people in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64, and the census unemployment rate (15 and over); the 25-to-54 rate is Statistics Canada’s own (98-10-0485). The Labour Force Survey and business counts are context, not grade inputs.
The median household in Hamptons had $140,800 in 2020
The middle of Alberta’s towns is $92,250, and Hamptons is 53% above it. Of the 166 other places of 2,500 or more in Census Division No. 6, 13 have a higher median. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Before tax, 2020: higher than in almost any Canadian town.
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 6% of Hamptons’ commuters
Transit takes 4.1% of commuters, close to the middle of Canadian towns. 90% drive to work, more than the 88% in the middle of Alberta’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
In Census Division No. 6, 35% more people receive EI than in 2019
Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Hamptons alone, so this card uses the figure for Census Division No. 6.
That is about 4 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. In the twelve months to August 2026 the number fell by 1%. At its peak, in January 2021, 97,600 people were on EI, 3.2 times the 2019 average.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Hamptons grades B+ for walkability
Better than 67% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #352 of 474 in Alberta.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hamptons is 407th among 703 Canadian towns of 5,100 to 9,900
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 79% | 5.5% | $146K | A+ |
| 2 | Silverwood Heights Saskatchewan | 8,153 | 81% | 5.8% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | North River Heights Manitoba | 7,228 | 82% | 8.4% | $143K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 10 | Altadore Alberta | 7,675 | 80% | 8.1% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Parkview Alberta | 5,729 | 80% | 9% | $155K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 27 | Glenora Alberta | 6,197 | 78% | 9.1% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 405 | Douro-Dummer Ontario | 8,379 | 75% | 9% | $96K | C+ |
| 406 | Dysart et al Ontario | 8,100 | 72% | 9% | $78K | C+ |
| 407 | Hamptons Alberta | 7,342 | 66% | 14% | $141K | C+ |
| 408 | The Estates of Rainbow Creek Ontario | 6,822 | 68% | 15% | $122K | C+ |
| 409 | Creston British Columbia | 5,976 | 73% | 9% | $59K | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 703 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Hamptons, and others among Alberta’s towns.
Jobs near Hamptons: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamptons | 66% | 14% | $141K | 27.5 min | C+ | B+ |
| Edgemont 1.9 km | 68% | 13% | $125K | 27.5 min | B− | A− |
| Sherwood 1.9 km | 69% | 11% | $113K | 29.3 min | C+ | A |
| Citadel 2.1 km | 71% | 13% | $124K | 27.6 min | B− | A− |
| Hidden Valley 2.2 km | 72% | 12% | $127K | 25.8 min | B | B |
| Kincora 2.4 km | 75% | 12% | $112K | 28.4 min | B | A− |
| Hawkwood 2.5 km | 70% | 13% | $126K | 28.8 min | B− | A− |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and the average commute, with both grades once they come.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Hamptons, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Trip times. One way, on a usual day, from the census’s travel-time bands. Band midpoints overstate it a little next to the figure Statistics Canada times.
- Employment Insurance. A monthly count of Employment Insurance beneficiaries for the whole census division. It tracks the local job market, but it is not an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Sampled each month and released for regions rather than towns, so its rate describes the area around the town.
- In work. Everyone with a job, whatever their age, divided by the residents aged 15 to 64 at the 2021 Census: below the municipality the census doesn’t split work by age, and this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood can be given.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
- Neighbourhood figures. Everything here sums the dissemination areas inside Hamptons’ lines, since the census has no neighbourhood profile; where people commute is on Calgary’s page.
Questions about work in Hamptons
What is the average household income in Hamptons?
At $140,800 before tax in 2020, the median household in Hamptons compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Hamptons get to work?
Driving takes 90% of commuters to work, 4.1% take public transit and 1.9% walk, and on census day 35% of those in work were at home.
How many jobs are there in Hamptons?
Statistics Canada counts jobs for whole municipalities only; Calgary has the total and the commuting flows.
What is the unemployment rate in Hamptons?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 14% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Calgary metro area at 6.6% in October 2026.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0323 (EI beneficiaries) · Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (14-10-0459, 14-10-0462) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts (33-10-1176) · grades: TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).