Work & commute · Hampshire

Work & commute in Hampshire, IL

Most working residents leave Hampshire for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Elgin (11%), Chicago (10%) and Schaumburg (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

222 of 4,429 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,207 Hampshire residents head out of town to work, 222 work right here, and 1,727 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hampshire.

4,207live here, work elsewhere

222live and work here

1,727work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hampshire goes to work

Elgin10.7 mi away

11%482

Chicago46.3 mi away

10%461

Hampshire (in town)right here

5%222

Schaumburg22.4 mi away

4%175

Carpentersville10.8 mi away

3%142

Huntley4.7 mi away

3%116

St. Charles16.9 mi away

2%93

Rockford30.2 mi away

2%89

Elk Grove Village27.4 mi away

2%78

Geneva18.5 mi away

1%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,509

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

How far

How far Hampshire commutes

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

15%

36%

43%

15%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hampshire is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.44 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hampshire are

1,949 jobs are based in Hampshire. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hampshire’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hampshire

1,949 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Hampshire residents hold

4,429 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+36%

Jobs based in Hampshire, 2013 → 2023: 1,436 → 1,949. 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.