Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Hampton Township has lower household incomes than 68% of U.S. towns
5% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. The poverty rate is 15.9%; Illinois has 11.8%. For jobs and income Hampton Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Hampton Township
Hampton Township trades workers with the towns around it
Hampton Township has about as many jobs (9,862) as working residents (8,747), but they are mostly different people: 7,792 residents leave for work each day while 8,907 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Hampton Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Many of the people who work in Hampton Township live in another state
Bettendorf, IA (11%), Davenport, IA (11%) and Le Claire, IA (1%) are among the top places Hampton Township’s workers come from. Counting only the top ten home towns, 23% of the jobs here are held by people from out of state. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
59% of the jobs in Hampton Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
A lot of Hampton Township workers cross into Iowa
24% of Hampton Township workers work outside Illinois, most of them in Iowa, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Hampton Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Hampton Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Hampton Township’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hampton Township could be anywhere from C to B.
The daily flow of workers through Hampton Township
On a workday 7,792 residents head out to work, 955 work right here, and 8,907 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in East Moline
Where Hampton Township clocks in
13% of workers
13% of workers
13% 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.
72% of the jobs in Hampton Township pay over $3,333 a month
9,862 jobs are based in Hampton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hampton Township, 2014 → 2024: 7,431 → 9,862. 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 Hampton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Hampton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hampton Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,456 commuters (the 5% 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.
Miles to work from Hampton Township
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Driving is how Hampton Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 10.8% across Illinois, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,879 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). 8.1% of Hampton Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hampton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hampton Township next to U.S. towns of 15,000 to 28,000: 1,264th of 1,705 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 5 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 9 | Deerfield IL | 19,642 | $182K | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 16 | La Grange IL | 15,935 | $160K | 4.6% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 1,262 | Hendersonville NC | 15,867 | $53K | 14.6% | 3.2% | 23% | C+ |
| 1,263 | Zephyrhills FL | 22,447 | $52K | 13.2% | 3.7% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,264 | Hampton Township IL | 21,050 | $64K | 15.9% | 4.8% | 11% | C+ |
| 1,265 | Perry GA | 25,699 | $77K | 13.9% | 4.6% | 14% | C+ |
| 1,266 | Lindenwold NJ | 21,952 | $56K | 21.1% | 4.6% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,705 | 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 Hampton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
17% of Hampton Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to East Moline (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hampton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Township | – | C+ | B+ | 20 min | $63,933 |
| Colona Township | under 2% | A | C | 23 min | $83,769 |
| South Moline Township | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 18 min | $67,829 |
| Port Byron Township | under 2% | B | B | 21 min | $77,083 |
| Zuma Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| East Moline | 13% | C+ | A− | 19 min | $61,779 |
| Rapids City | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Hanna Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $110,776 |
| Coe Township | under 2% | A− | C | 24 min | $128,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Zuma Township and Rapids City: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hampton Township’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 Hampton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hampton Township?
$63,933 (±$7,165) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hampton Township?
15.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hampton Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hampton Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Moline (13%, 1 mi), Davenport (13%, 11 mi), Moline (13%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hampton Township walkable?
Hampton Township is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hampton Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hampton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hampton Township
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.