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.When you are in Hampton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.38% of Hampton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. 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.The rate of college-level education in Hampton is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.66% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. 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.
