Hampton is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,030 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hampton is the 220th largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hampton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.38% of the Hampton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Hampton is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hampton who work in office and administrative support (19.17%), sales jobs (9.26%), and food service (7.30%). 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!) Hampton 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. Hampton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hampton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hampton may be for you.In Hampton, just 10.66% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Hampton in 2022 was $23,978, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $95,912 for a family of four. However, Hampton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Hampton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hampton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hampton include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Hampton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
