Hamptonville is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 6,384 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hamptonville is the 136th largest community in North Carolina.Hamptonville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hamptonville is a town of professionals, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Hamptonville who work in management occupations (11.72%), food service (10.21%), and office and administrative support (8.16%). There are many members of the armed forces living in Hamptonville. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform. 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. One downside of living in Hamptonville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.76 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Hamptonville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Hamptonville have a very low rate of college education: just 9.64% 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 $26,645, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,580 for a family of four. However, Hamptonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hamptonville is a very 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 18.37% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hamptonville include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Hamptonville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
