Work & commute · Hampton

Work & commute in Hampton, NH

Most working residents leave Hampton for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Portsmouth (13%), Exeter (5%) and Manchester (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,212 of 8,120 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,908 Hampton residents head out of town to work, 1,212 work right here, and 4,659 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hampton.

6,908live here, work elsewhere

1,212live and work here

4,659work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hampton goes to work

Hampton (in town)right here

15%1,212

Portsmouth8.8 mi away

13%1,071

Exeter7.3 mi away

5%431

Manchester31 mi away

4%327

Seabrook4.1 mi away

4%319

Boston, MA42.9 mi away

3%249

North Hampton2.8 mi away

2%196

Dover17.3 mi away

2%186

Salem22.2 mi away

2%179

Newburyport, MA9.2 mi away

2%174

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%3,776

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.

43%

23%

27%

43%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hampton is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hampton are

5,871 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

5,871 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Hampton residents hold

8,120 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+19%

Jobs based in Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 4,919 → 5,871. 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.