Hampton Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 1,715 jobs in Hampton Township for 3,526 working residents. Hampton Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Measured by household income, Hampton Township is behind 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hampton Township, in brief
Hampton Township and Bay City trade workers both ways
Bay City is the top workplace for Hampton Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Hampton Township come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Hampton Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Hampton Township fell from 2,452 in 2011 to 1,715 in 2021, −30%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Hampton Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published.
Why Hampton Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hampton Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #514 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Hampton Township’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($51,728, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hampton Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
19% of working residents work in Bay City
Where Hampton Township clocks in
19% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
What Hampton Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hampton Township, 2011 → 2021: 2,452 → 1,715. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hampton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Hampton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hampton Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,990 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Who commutes out of Hampton Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,335 residents head out to work, 191 work right here, and 1,524 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,800 people are in Hampton Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 2021, primary jobs.
Hampton Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Hampton Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hampton Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #397 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Hampton Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,163 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). 8.8% of Hampton Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hampton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hampton Township is 2,017th of 2,790 U.S. towns of 6,700 to 12,900 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 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Jamestown Township MI | 10,702 | $120K | 2.8% | 1.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,015 | Liberty Township OH | 6,700 | $64K | 20.0% | 6.8% | 19% | C+ |
| 2,016 | Shady Hills FL | 11,983 | $68K | 12.2% | 5.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,017 | Hampton Township MI | 9,581 | $52K | 17.9% | 3.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,018 | Urbana OH | 11,140 | $68K | 13.6% | 5.7% | 32% | C+ |
| 2,019 | Oronoko Township MI | 9,074 | $60K | 16.8% | 3.9% | 23% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,790 | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
26% of Hampton Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Bay City (19%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hampton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Township | – | C+ | C | 24 min | $51,728 |
| Bay City | 19% | C− | A− | 21 min | $49,420 |
| Merritt Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 31 min | $88,750 |
| Portsmouth Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 26 min | $79,310 |
| Essexville | 2% | B+ | B− | 19 min | $75,341 |
| Wisner Township | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Bangor Township | 5% | C+ | C+ | 21 min | $60,661 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wisner Township: 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 2021, 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?
$51,728 (±$5,664) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hampton Township?
17.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hampton Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hampton Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bay City (19%, 6 mi), Saginaw (9%, 17 mi), Midland (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Hampton Township walkable?
Hampton Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hampton Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% 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), 2021, 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.