Photo: Tyler A. McNeil · CC BY 3.0Hampton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
8% of workers have no commute at all, against 15% across New York. There are 35 jobs in Hampton, and 348 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Hampton itself; outside it, Whitehall draws the most (20%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Hampton in brief
Hampton is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Hampton, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hampton has about 550 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hampton and Whitehall trade workers both ways
Whitehall is the top workplace for Hampton residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Hampton come from (37% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Hampton are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 348 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Hampton
On a workday 348 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Hampton on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 people from Hampton work
Where Hampton clocks in
20% 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.
Getting to work from Hampton takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hampton workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 470 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What Hampton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 35. 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hampton
About 27% 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.
Work next door: 23% of Hampton’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Whitehall. 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?
$73,796 (±$7,611) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hampton?
16.5%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hampton?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hampton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Whitehall (20%, 5 mi), Glens Falls (7%, 24 mi), Rutland (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hampton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.