Work & commute · Hampstead

Work & commute in Hampstead, NC

Most working residents leave Hampstead for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (33%), Charlotte (3%) and Raleigh (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

169 of 3,071 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,902 Hampstead residents head out of town to work, 169 work right here, and 1,925 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hampstead.

2,902live here, work elsewhere

169live and work here

1,925work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hampstead goes to work

Wilmington13 mi away

33%1,026

Hampstead (in town)right here

6%169

Charlotte184.1 mi away

3%101

Raleigh113.2 mi away

3%99

Kings Grant9 mi away

2%69

Porters Neck4.9 mi away

2%68

Burgaw16.2 mi away

2%57

Fayetteville85.2 mi away

2%57

Surf City13.5 mi away

2%55

Murraysville7 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,320

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

How far

How far Hampstead commutes

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

20%

46%

29%

20%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hampstead is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hampstead are

2,094 jobs are based in Hampstead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hampstead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hampstead

2,094 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Hampstead residents hold

3,071 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+131%

Jobs based in Hampstead, 2013 → 2023: 908 → 2,094. 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.