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.
In Hamptonville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.37 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Hamptonville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Hamptonville have a very low rate of college education: just 9.06% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Hamptonville in 2022 was $28,428, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $113,712 for a family of four. However, Hamptonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hamptonville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. 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 Black or African-American. Hamptonville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.07% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hamptonville include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Hamptonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
