Work & commute · Hampton

Work & commute in Hampton, IA

About one in 3 of Hampton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sheffield (8%), Mason City (6%) and Iowa Falls (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

547 of 1,594 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,047 Hampton residents head out of town to work, 547 work right here, and 1,431 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hampton.

1,047live here, work elsewhere

547live and work here

1,431work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hampton goes to work

Hampton (in town)right here

34%547

Sheffield10.1 mi away

8%133

Mason City28 mi away

6%101

Iowa Falls15.7 mi away

3%48

Des Moines83.4 mi away

3%45

Fort Dodge51.9 mi away

2%33

Waterloo46.7 mi away

2%24

Clarion26.6 mi away

1%20

Cedar Falls41.2 mi away

1%20

Ames53.8 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%605

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.

38%

15%

21%

26%

38%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hampton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hampton are

1,978 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

1,978 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hampton residents hold

1,594 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−6%

Jobs based in Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 2,112 → 1,978. 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.