Henderson Manufacturing Company · Photo: Jud McCranie · CC BY-SA 4.0Hampton has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hampton grades B− for jobs and income and B for walkability. There are 1,432 jobs in Hampton, and 3,853 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% stay in Hampton for work; outside it, Atlanta is the main destination (14%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hampton at work: what stands out
Hampton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hampton is Atlanta, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (553) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Hampton has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hampton went from 1,026 in 2013 to 1,432 in 2023, +40%. The jobs ↓
Hampton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Hampton
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hampton is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #108 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car holds Hampton’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hampton could be anywhere from C− to A.
How many miles Hampton commutes
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.
Hampton makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 1,026 → 1,432. 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.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Hampton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hampton workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,180 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% 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 people are in Hampton by day
On a workday 3,804 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 1,383 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,900 people are in Hampton on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where the trip to work from Hampton ends
Where Hampton clocks in
14% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
Most of Hampton commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hampton is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #122 of 263 in Georgia. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.1% across Georgia, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,793 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Hampton households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Hampton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 6,500 to 12,600, Hampton ranks 1,762nd of 2,867 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 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Tyrone GA | 8,091 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 426 | Temple GA | 6,564 | $91K | 2.6% | 1.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 593 | Druid Hills GA | 8,169 | $130K | 9.3% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,760 | Cherryville NC | 6,523 | $71K | 12.4% | 3.0% | 10% | B− |
| 1,761 | Shawano WI | 9,693 | $57K | 14.9% | 0.9% | 28% | B− |
| 1,762 | Hampton GA | 9,349 | $75K | 13.4% | 5.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,763 | Canandaigua NY | 10,347 | $65K | 10.8% | 4.5% | 17% | B− |
| 1,764 | Glenolden PA | 7,217 | $73K | 12.4% | 7.6% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,867 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Georgia.
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?
$75,052 (±$19,470) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hampton?
13.4%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hampton?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hampton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (14%, 27 mi), McDonough (5%, 10 mi), College Park (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hampton walkable?
Hampton is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hampton without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.