Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Southampton are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Southampton are A for jobs and income and D for walkability. Poverty touches 2.6% of residents, against 10.0% across Massachusetts. Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers; Massachusetts has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Southampton: the figures worth knowing
Jobs & income in Southampton: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Southampton is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #46 of 283 in Massachusetts. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Southampton could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Time on the road from Southampton: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Southampton workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,195 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Southampton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,654 residents head out to work, 224 work right here, and 923 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,400 people are in Southampton on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.40 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 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Northampton
Where Southampton clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Southampton: what the 1,147 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Southampton, 2013 → 2023: 1,083 → 1,147. 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 Southampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Southampton
About 16% 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 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 Southampton, 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 3,482 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). 0.0% of Southampton households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Southampton’s commuters take a bus or train.
253rd of 3,307: where Southampton ranks among U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Lincoln MA | 6,925 | $175K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Hopedale MA | 6,066 | $116K | 2.9% | 1.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | West Newbury MA | 4,709 | $180K | 1.6% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 251 | Sherman IL | 4,644 | $149K | 2.2% | 2.6% | 5% | A |
| 252 | Hales Corners WI | 7,740 | $88K | 3.5% | 2.3% | 4% | A |
| 253 | Southampton MA | 6,085 | $123K | 2.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A |
| 254 | Bethel Township OH | 4,943 | $110K | 2.9% | 2.6% | 6% | A |
| 255 | East Fallowfield Township PA | 7,917 | $117K | 5.0% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,307 | 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 Southampton, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
The towns next door employ 23% of Southampton
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Southampton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton | – | A | D | 22 min | $123,125 |
| Easthampton | 8% | B | A | 22 min | $71,673 |
| Holyoke | 7% | C− | A | 19 min | $53,605 |
| Montgomery | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Westfield | 8% | B+ | A | 27 min | $87,753 |
| Westhampton | under 2% | A− | C | 29 min | $100,000 |
| Huntington | under 2% | B | C− | 34 min | $94,398 |
Same-state neighbors only. Montgomery: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Easthampton. Darker towns draw more of Southampton’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 Southampton: questions
What is the median household income in Southampton?
$123,125 (±$23,452) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Southampton?
2.6%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Southampton?
22 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Southampton work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Northampton (12%, 8 mi), Springfield (11%, 13 mi), Easthampton (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Southampton walkable?
Southampton is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Southampton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Southampton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Southampton
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.