Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 3.0Households in Hampton have higher incomes than those in 67% of Canadian towns
960 people have their usual place of work in Hampton, against 1,275 residents who travel to a job. Jobs were held by 76% of people aged 15 to 64 in Hampton in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%. Census day 2021 found 9.6% of Hampton’s labour force without a job, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 9.9%.
What Hampton’s work numbers say
Work near the middle
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 76% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 55%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
Census day in 2021 put 9.6% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 5.7% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
On jobs and income, Hampton grades B−
Better than 50% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #27 of 60 in New Brunswick.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
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.
More go out than come in: the working day in Hampton
It sends out some 2 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 30% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
71% of Hampton’s residents in work leave it to work; Saint John takes the most
In the other direction the biggest source is Quispamsis, with 95.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
2021 Census, people with a usual place of work: where residents of Hampton work and where people who work there live, the ten largest each way.
Who in Hampton has a job
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Kings census division, 5 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 55% were working. For the wider area, the Labour Force Survey had 59% in work in October 2026. The labour force, people 15 and over with a job or seeking one, took in 61% of residents that age. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
Median household income in Hampton: $85,800 in 2020
Of the 8 other places of 2,500 or more in the Kings census division, 4 have a higher median. The middle of New Brunswick’s towns is $73,200, and Hampton is 17% above it. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Walk, cycle or ride transit: the choice of 3.1% of Hampton’s commuters
Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 18%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Few ride transit: 0.6%, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
How residents who commute got to work, 2021 Census; working at home is counted apart.
The trip to work from Hampton runs about as long as the middle of Canadian towns: 26.9 minutes
Only 26% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 44% in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. 5% spend an hour or longer getting to work; the middle of New Brunswick’s towns has 2.7%. Timed exactly, the average is 24.1 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of New Brunswick’s towns averages 20.8 minutes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
Commuting time at the 2021 Census, to work only, for people who travel to a usual workplace or have none fixed.
3% more people are on EI in the Kings census division than in 2019
February 2021 was the busiest month, with 4,910 people on EI, 2.4 times 2019’s average. Roughly 5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 rose by 1%.
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). Hampton shares its EI beneficiaries numbers with the rest of the Kings census division.
Everyday places on foot in Hampton: B−
Better than 48% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #21 of 60 in New Brunswick.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hampton is 365th among 739 Canadian towns of 3,300 to 6,400
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis Manitoba | 4,705 | 85% | 2.1% | $99K | A+ |
| 2 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 81% | 6.5% | $118K | A+ |
| 3 | Hay River Northwest Territories | 3,317 | 78% | 6.5% | $129K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 28 | Hanwell New Brunswick | 5,108 | 78% | 7.2% | $107K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 147 | Grand Bay-Westfield New Brunswick | 5,202 | 78% | 6.3% | $98K | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 363 | Belle Rive Alberta | 3,946 | 70% | 9.9% | $117K | B− |
| 364 | Merrickville-Wolford Ontario | 3,411 | 81% | 7.5% | $88K | B− |
| 365 | Hampton New Brunswick | 4,754 | 76% | 9.6% | $86K | B− |
| 366 | Electoral Area A, Cariboo British Columbia | 6,172 | 69% | 11% | $80K | B− |
| 367 | Woodlands Manitoba | 4,057 | 80% | 3.1% | $91K | B− |
| … | ||||||
| 739 | Chertsey Quebec | 5,678 | 64% | 8.6% | $58K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Hampton, and others among New Brunswick’s towns.
How the places next to Hampton compare on work
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton | 76% | 9.6% | $86K | 26.9 min | B− | B− |
| Hampton 4.3 km | 73% | 6.9% | $89K | 27.2 min | C+ | D |
| Norton 6.4 km | 71% | 9.5% | $78K | 30.2 min | C− | D |
| Upham 11.6 km | 67% | 11% | $72K | 37 min | D | D− |
| Quispamsis 15.8 km | 78% | 7.2% | $113K | 22.4 min | A | C |
| Kingston 16.3 km | 73% | 8.3% | $79K | 37.6 min | C− | D |
| Norton 17.5 km | 76% | 9.5% | $71K | 29.4 min | C− | C− |
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 Hampton, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada surveys households every month; the results come out for metro areas and economic regions, never for single towns, and keep the rate current after 2021.
- In work. We divide the number of employed residents by the number aged 15 to 64. Workers past 64 still count on top, because the 2021 Census crosses work with age only for whole municipalities; in return, a retirement town’s pensioners don’t drag the rate down.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- 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.
Questions about work in Hampton
Where do people in Hampton work?
Only 30% work in Hampton itself; the rest go first to Saint John (575) and Rothesay (85).
How many jobs are there in Hampton?
The 2021 census found about 960 people with their usual workplace in Hampton, or 0.8 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. Statistics Canada counted 124 businesses with employees in June 2026.
What is the unemployment rate in Hampton?
The 2021 census found 9.6% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Saint John metro area, is 5.7% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Hampton?
Hampton’s middle household had $85,800 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at their middle.
How do people in Hampton get to work?
95% of commuters drive, 0.6% take public transit and 2.5% walk; 18% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Hampton?
The average commute is 26.9 minutes; 26% of trips take under 15 minutes and 5% an hour or more.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · 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).