Hampton is a very small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 3,639 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Hampton is the 102nd largest community in Arkansas.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Hampton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 47.5% of the Hampton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Hampton is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Hampton who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.10%), sales jobs (7.53%), and healthcare (4.52%).

Being a small town, Hampton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Hampton Information and Demographics

The citizens of Hampton have a very low rate of college education: just 7.86% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 14.96% for all cities.

The per capita income in Hampton in 2000 was $15,633, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $62,532 for a family of four.

Hampton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Hampton home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hampton is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hampton include Irish, English, German, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Hampton is English.