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.Unlike some towns, Hampton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hampton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hampton is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hampton who work in teaching (11.31%), sales jobs (10.15%), and office and administrative support (9.65%). Also of interest is that Hampton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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 percentage of adults in Hampton with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.61% of adults in Hampton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Hampton in 2022 was $27,952, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,808 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 Native American. Important ancestries of people in Hampton include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and French. The most common language spoken in Hampton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
