Work & commute · Hampton

Work & commute in Hampton, SC

Most working residents leave Hampton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Varnville (9%), Columbia (4%) and North Charleston (4%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

128 of 1,113 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 985 Hampton residents head out of town to work, 128 work right here, and 1,110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hampton.

985live here, work elsewhere

128live and work here

1,110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hampton goes to work

Hampton (in town)right here

12%128

Varnville2 mi away

9%96

Columbia81.9 mi away

4%45

North Charleston60.6 mi away

4%40

Bluffton46.2 mi away

3%35

Charleston66 mi away

3%34

Beaufort36.2 mi away

2%26

Walterboro25.2 mi away

2%25

Yemassee18.1 mi away

2%25

Estill11.1 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%636

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.

26%

14%

25%

35%

26%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hampton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hampton are

1,238 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

1,238 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Hampton residents hold

1,113 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−33%

Jobs based in Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 1,854 → 1,238. 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.