Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Hampton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Hampton has 248 jobs for 688 working residents. For jobs and income Hampton is better than 78% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D). Measured by household income, Hampton is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Hampton stands out on work
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Hampton
Household income holds Hampton’s grade up ($109,167, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Hampton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hampton could be anywhere from B to A.
In Hampton, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 647 → 248. 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 Hampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Hampton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 646 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Hampton 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.
9% of working residents work in Windham
Where Hampton clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Hampton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hampton workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 660 commuters (the 18% 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.
Hampton’s commute, mile by mile
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.
For most of Hampton, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 802 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). 1.0% of Hampton households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hampton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hampton places 823rd of 6,085 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 158 | Newtown CT | 1,980 | $165K | 2.0% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Woodmont CT | 2,391 | $91K | 1.9% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 182 | Bridgewater CT | 1,677 | $159K | 3.0% | 3.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 821 | Sea Isle City NJ | 2,114 | $108K | 5.4% | 7.1% | 17% | A− |
| 822 | Blowing Rock NC | 1,324 | $121K | 2.4% | 0.4% | 15% | A− |
| 823 | Hampton CT | 1,768 | $109K | 5.7% | 6.5% | 6% | A− |
| 824 | Sidney Township IL | 1,654 | $107K | 5.3% | 5.0% | 2% | A− |
| 825 | Lanesburgh Township MN | 2,052 | $122K | 5.8% | 3.4% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 Hampton, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
How Hampton compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Pomfret (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hampton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton | – | A− | D | 29 min | $109,167 |
| Brooklyn | under 3% | B+ | C− | 27 min | $96,207 |
| Canterbury | under 3% | A− | D | 32 min | $103,198 |
| Chaplin | under 3% | A− | C− | 32 min | $97,846 |
| Scotland | under 3% | A− | C− | 33 min | $99,881 |
| Pomfret | 3% | B | B− | 24 min | $108,476 |
| Eastford | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 35 min | $97,422 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of 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 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 Hampton: questions
What is the median household income in Hampton?
$109,167 (±$19,163) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hampton?
5.7%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hampton?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hampton work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Windham (9%, 7 mi), Mansfield (8%, 8 mi), Killingly (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hampton walkable?
Hampton is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around 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 Hampton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hampton
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.