Most of New Hampton commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 8 jobs in New Hampton for 75 working residents. Hardly any stay in New Hampton for work; outside it, Bethany is the main destination (21%, 9 miles). 3% of workers have no commute at all (Missouri 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
New Hampton by day and by night
On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in New Hampton on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 New Hampton’s working residents head each day
Where New Hampton clocks in
21% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
New Hampton makes things: 38% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 8. 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 New Hampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
New Hampton’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Hampton workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 66 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
How far New Hampton goes to work
About 42% 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.
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 New Hampton: questions
What is the median household income in New Hampton?
$24,615 (±$4,486) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Hampton?
30.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Hampton?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Hampton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bethany (21%, 9 mi), Kansas City (8%, 81 mi), St. Joseph (7%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Hampton without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Hampton, from the people who make the trip.
More of New 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.