Hamptonville is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 6,423 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hamptonville is the 136th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hamptonville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hamptonville is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hamptonville who work in teaching (12.59%), food service (11.02%), and management occupations (10.23%). There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Hamptonville, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community. 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hamptonville, the average commute to work is 33.41 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Hamptonville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The rate of college-level education in Hamptonville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.93% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an 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.
