It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hamptonville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hamptonville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hamptonville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hamptonville may be for you.
One downside of living in Hamptonville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.41 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Hamptonville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Hamptonville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.93% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hamptonville in 2022 was $32,333, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,332 for a family of four. However, Hamptonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hamptonville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hamptonville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Hamptonville include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Hamptonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
