Work & commute · Hampton

Work & commute in Hampton, TN

Most working residents leave Hampton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Johnson City (26%), Elizabethton (23%) and Kingsport (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 786 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 773 Hampton residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hampton.

773live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hampton goes to work

Johnson City12.4 mi away

26%203

Elizabethton5.6 mi away

23%180

Kingsport26.5 mi away

4%33

Bristol19.6 mi away

2%19

Erwin16.1 mi away

2%15

Greeneville36.8 mi away

2%14

Morristown63 mi away

2%14

Hampton (in town)right here

2%13

Knoxville101.4 mi away

1%9

Asheville, NC53.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%279

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.

36%

37%

19%

36%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hampton is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hampton are

180 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

180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Hampton residents hold

786 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−4%

Jobs based in Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 180. 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.