Work & commute · Hampton

Work & commute in Hampton, MD

Most working residents leave Hampton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (29%), Towson (11%) and Cockeysville (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

64 of 2,372 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,308 Hampton residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 826 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hampton.

2,308live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

826work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hampton goes to work

Baltimore9.4 mi away

29%696

Towson3.8 mi away

11%268

Cockeysville4.7 mi away

5%107

Timonium2.1 mi away

3%75

Hampton (in town)right here

3%64

Columbia22.3 mi away

2%50

Rossville7 mi away

2%42

Woodlawn13 mi away

2%42

Pikesville7.6 mi away

2%37

Lutherville2.8 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%955

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.

63%

24%

10%

63%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hampton is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hampton are

890 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

890 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Hampton residents hold

2,372 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+1%

Jobs based in Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 878 → 890. 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.