Benjamin James House · Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Hampton are higher than in 73% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 5.6% of residents; New Hampshire has 7.2%. For jobs and income Hampton is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (B+). About one in seven stay in Hampton for work; outside it, Portsmouth is the main destination (13%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Hampton’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Hampton’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hampton could be anywhere from B to A.
Who works in Hampton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 6,908 residents head out to work, 1,212 work right here, and 4,659 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Hampton on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.72 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.
Where the trip to work from Hampton ends
Where Hampton clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
66% of the jobs in Hampton pay over $3,333 a month
5,871 jobs are based in Hampton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 4,919 → 5,871. 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 Hampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Hampton: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hampton workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,633 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% 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.
Miles to work from Hampton
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.
Most trips from Hampton start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,474 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 9% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 4% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% 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). 4.4% of Hampton households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Hampton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hampton next to U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000: 966th of 2,220 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 198 | Amherst NH | 11,985 | $153K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 276 | Hooksett NH | 15,346 | $118K | 3.3% | 2.5% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 282 | Goffstown NH | 18,607 | $114K | 6.4% | 0.8% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 964 | Kettering MD | 14,014 | $127K | 8.7% | 7.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 965 | Charlestown Township IN | 16,748 | $92K | 9.2% | 3.6% | 8% | B+ |
| 966 | Hampton NH | 16,381 | $95K | 5.6% | 4.9% | 15% | B+ |
| 967 | Satellite Beach FL | 11,365 | $119K | 4.1% | 5.8% | 6% | B+ |
| 968 | New Hartford NY | 21,945 | $81K | 10.5% | 1.9% | 23% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
The towns around Hampton
The biggest share goes to Seabrook (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hampton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton | – | B+ | B+ | 26 min | $95,233 |
| Hampton Falls | under 3% | A | B | 32 min | $166,157 |
| North Hampton | 2% | A+ | B− | 25 min | $146,458 |
| Seabrook | 4% | B− | B+ | 21 min | $84,349 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hampton’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 Hampton: questions
What is the median household income in Hampton?
$95,233 (±$8,769) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hampton?
5.6%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hampton?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hampton work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (13%, 9 mi), Exeter (5%, 7 mi), Manchester (4%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hampton walkable?
Hampton is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hampton without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 4% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hampton, from the people who make the trip.
More of 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. 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.