Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Hampton commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
169 jobs are based in Hampton, and 783 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Hampton B−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 1% stay in Hampton for work; outside it, Raritan Township is the main destination (4%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hampton
The figures behind Hampton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hampton is better than 49% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Hampton’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.8%) is left out: Hampton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hampton could be anywhere from C to A−.
How many people are in Hampton by day
On a workday 772 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Hampton on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 Hampton goes to work
Where Hampton clocks in
4% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Hampton works in goods: 40% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 260 → 169. 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.
Commuting from Hampton: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hampton workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 381 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Hampton to work
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.
The commute in Hampton is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hampton is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 449 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). 3.6% of Hampton households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Hampton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hampton places 2,115th of 5,877 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Alpine NJ | 1,759 | $247K | 6.2% | 6.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Allentown NJ | 1,741 | $121K | 4.4% | 3.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,113 | Gower MO | 1,514 | $84K | 10.9% | 2.1% | 7% | B− |
| 2,114 | Boulder MT | 1,305 | $73K | 3.8% | 6.9% | 3% | B− |
| 2,115 | Hampton NJ | 1,443 | $67K | 12.4% | 4.8% | 1% | B− |
| 2,116 | North Bend NE | 1,263 | $86K | 8.6% | 0.2% | 16% | B− |
| 2,117 | Arlington OH | 1,457 | $77K | 9.7% | 2.8% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Jersey.
How Hampton compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hampton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton | – | B− | B− | 32 min | $67,222 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Bethlehem Township | under 3% | A+ | C | 35 min | $142,434 |
| Lebanon Township | under 3% | B | B | 30 min | $129,936 |
| Glen Gardner | under 3% | B+ | B− | 40 min | $101,974 |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington Township: not graded. 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?
$67,222 (±$13,730) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hampton?
12.4%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hampton?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hampton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raritan Township (4%, 12 mi), Readington Township (4%, 14 mi), New York City (3%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hampton walkable?
Hampton is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 2% 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. 0% 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.