Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Hamptonburgh has higher household incomes than 89% of U.S. towns
7.4% of residents are in poverty, against 14.0% across New York. Jobs and income earn Hamptonburgh A−; getting around on foot earns it B. Only 6% stay in Hamptonburgh for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (16%, 57 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hamptonburgh, in brief
Hamptonburgh’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hamptonburgh is New York City, 57 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (347) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Hamptonburgh has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hamptonburgh went from 763 in 2013 to 1,268 in 2023, +66%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Hamptonburgh works one town over
30% of working residents work in a town that borders Hamptonburgh: Wallkill (9%), Goshen (9%) and Blooming Grove (5%). Next door ↓
Hamptonburgh workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 33 across New York. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Hamptonburgh’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hamptonburgh is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #193 of 758 in New York. Household income is its strongest input ($122,250, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hamptonburgh could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Where in the region Hamptonburgh works
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The kinds of work in Hamptonburgh
1,268 jobs are based in Hamptonburgh.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hamptonburgh, 2013 → 2023: 763 → 1,268. 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 Hamptonburgh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hamptonburgh’s commute takes about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hamptonburgh workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,005 commuters (the 16% 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.
Hamptonburgh by day and by night
On a workday 2,052 residents head out to work, 122 work right here, and 1,146 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,600 people are in Hamptonburgh on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
Out of Hamptonburgh to work: where people go
Where Hamptonburgh clocks in
16% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
For most of Hamptonburgh, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hamptonburgh is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #450 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,385 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 1% 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 1.4% of Hamptonburgh households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Hamptonburgh’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hamptonburgh is 905th among 3,502 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 903 | Pulaski WI | 4,048 | $71K | 6.9% | 1.1% | 12% | A− |
| 904 | Oneida Township MI | 3,966 | $93K | 5.9% | 3.8% | 2% | A− |
| 905 | Hamptonburgh NY | 5,523 | $122K | 7.4% | 4.0% | 6% | A− |
| 906 | Clark Township OH | 4,404 | $71K | 3.6% | 0.0% | 10% | A− |
| 907 | Mahoning Township PA | 4,469 | $86K | 3.7% | 3.6% | 33% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Hamptonburgh, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work next door: 30% of Hamptonburgh’s workers
The biggest share goes to Wallkill (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hamptonburgh workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamptonburgh | – | A− | B | 38 min | $122,250 |
| Wallkill | 9% | B− | A− | 31 min | $96,076 |
| Montgomery | 4% | B | A− | 34 min | $92,939 |
| New Windsor | 3% | B | A− | 37 min | $95,071 |
| Goshen | 9% | B+ | A | 37 min | $121,442 |
| Maybrook | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 31 min | $72,389 |
| Blooming Grove | 5% | B− | A− | 46 min | $95,967 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hamptonburgh’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 Hamptonburgh: questions
What is the median household income in Hamptonburgh?
$122,250 (±$32,224) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hamptonburgh?
7.4%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hamptonburgh?
38 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hamptonburgh work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (16%, 57 mi), Goshen (9%, 7 mi), Wallkill (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hamptonburgh walkable?
Hamptonburgh is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hamptonburgh without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hamptonburgh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hamptonburgh
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.