Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0East Hampton’s household incomes are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
The two grades for East Hampton are A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Poverty touches 4.0% of residents; Connecticut has 10.0%. About one in ten work in East Hampton itself; outside it, Hartford draws the most (10%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in East Hampton
Where East Hampton’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, East Hampton is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #49 of 155 in Connecticut. Household income is its strongest input ($124,577, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, East Hampton could be anywhere from A− to A+.
East Hampton by day and by night
On a workday 5,717 residents head out to work, 570 work right here, and 1,368 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,800 people are in East Hampton on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of East Hampton to work: where people go
Where East Hampton clocks in
10% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in East Hampton
1,938 jobs are based in East Hampton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Hampton, 2014 → 2024: 1,742 → 1,938. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Hampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way for East Hampton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Hampton workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,934 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles East Hampton commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
East Hampton is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, East Hampton is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #125 of 155 in Connecticut. Both inputs place East Hampton 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 6,799 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.7% of East Hampton households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of East Hampton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000, East Hampton ranks 514th of 2,526 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 147 | Ellington CT | 16,594 | $130K | 2.4% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 148 | Tolland CT | 14,752 | $133K | 5.3% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 162 | Colchester CT | 15,825 | $122K | 3.9% | 1.7% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 512 | Marion Township MI | 12,051 | $123K | 4.5% | 3.7% | 3% | A |
| 513 | Timonium MD | 10,304 | $120K | 5.8% | 4.1% | 7% | A |
| 514 | East Hampton CT | 13,134 | $125K | 4.0% | 4.1% | 9% | A |
| 515 | East Cocalico Township PA | 11,124 | $97K | 4.4% | 3.2% | 12% | A |
| 516 | Northlake TX | 12,036 | $123K | 6.3% | 4.2% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 East Hampton, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Work next door: 14% of East Hampton’s workers
The biggest share goes to Middletown (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Hampton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Hampton | – | A | C | 30 min | $124,577 |
| Portland | 2% | A | C+ | 28 min | $118,929 |
| East Haddam | under 2% | A− | C− | 30 min | $107,861 |
| Middletown | 8% | B | A | 23 min | $79,438 |
| Colchester | under 2% | A+ | C | 30 min | $122,390 |
| Marlborough | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 34 min | $142,105 |
| Haddam | under 2% | A− | B− | 31 min | $114,426 |
| Glastonbury | 4% | A+ | C+ | 24 min | $157,192 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East Hampton’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 2024, 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 East Hampton: questions
What is the median household income in East Hampton?
$124,577 (±$10,738) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Hampton?
4.0%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Hampton?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Hampton work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (10%, 16 mi), Middletown (8%, 8 mi), East Hartford (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is East Hampton walkable?
East Hampton is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around East Hampton without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Hampton, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Hampton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.