Work & commute · Hampton

Work & commute in Hampton, AR

Most working residents leave Hampton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Fordyce (8%), El Dorado (6%) and Camden (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 452 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 421 Hampton residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hampton.

421live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hampton goes to work

Fordyce19.8 mi away

8%34

Hampton (in town)right here

7%31

El Dorado24.6 mi away

6%29

Camden22.2 mi away

5%22

Little Rock82.5 mi away

3%15

Warren23.6 mi away

2%8

East Camden16.8 mi away

2%7

Bearden15.9 mi away

1%6

Monticello39.2 mi away

1%6

Magnolia47.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%288

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Hampton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

11%

53%

13%

23%

11%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hampton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hampton are

348 jobs are based in Hampton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hampton

348 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Hampton residents hold

452 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+3%

Jobs based in Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 338 → 348. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.