Photo: Bnperdue2010 · CC BY-SA 4.0Hampshire has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
24% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%). Employers in Hampshire report 1,949 jobs for 4,429 working residents. The two grades for Hampshire are A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hampshire and work: the main findings
Hampshire makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Hampshire are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hampshire residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Hampshire works from home
24% of Hampshire workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Time on the road ↓
Hampshire has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hampshire went from 1,436 in 2013 to 1,949 in 2023, +36%. The jobs ↓
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.
Hampshire’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hampshire is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #192 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hampshire could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Goods, not services: 50% of the jobs in Hampshire
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hampshire, 2013 → 2023: 1,436 → 1,949. 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 Hampshire’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Hampshire: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hampshire workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,275 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The workday shuffle in and out of Hampshire
On a workday 4,207 residents head out to work, 222 work right here, and 1,727 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,800 people are in Hampshire on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
11% of working residents work in Elgin
Where Hampshire clocks in
11% of workers
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.
How far Hampshire goes to work
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 Hampshire, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hampshire is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #535 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,288 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). 1.9% of Hampshire households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hampshire’s commuters take a bus or train.
671st of 2,841: where Hampshire ranks among U.S. towns of 6,500 to 12,500
| # | 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+ |
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| 9 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 23 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 62 | Itasca IL | 9,488 | $114K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
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| 669 | Burtonsville MD | 10,203 | $134K | 4.3% | 6.7% | 3% | A− |
| 670 | Lochbuie CO | 8,776 | $97K | 7.7% | 2.3% | 1% | A− |
| 671 | Hampshire IL | 9,266 | $95K | 7.8% | 2.5% | 5% | A− |
| 672 | Roanoke TX | 10,931 | $97K | 4.5% | 5.0% | 3% | A− |
| 673 | Hull MA | 10,266 | $115K | 5.8% | 4.0% | 10% | A− |
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| 2,841 | 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 Hampshire, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Hampshire and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hampshire workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire | – | A− | B− | 28 min | $94,773 |
| Hampshire Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Rutland Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 30 min | $105,703 |
| Pingree Grove | under 2% | A | C+ | 32 min | $114,294 |
| Coral Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 31 min | $110,888 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hampshire Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hampshire’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 Hampshire: questions
What is the median household income in Hampshire?
$94,773 (±$22,287) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hampshire?
7.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hampshire?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hampshire work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elgin (11%, 11 mi), Chicago (10%, 46 mi), Schaumburg (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hampshire walkable?
Hampshire is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hampshire without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hampshire, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hampshire
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.