Hampton, Virginia population is 137,315 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #212 nationally and #7 in Virginia. Cost of living runs 2.1% below the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); a family of four needs roughly $98,687/yr to break even (2025 modeled). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
At a glance.
2025 population
137,315
-84 in the last year
Top 2% of 19,483 U.S. cities
Census Vintage 2025
Cost of living
RPP 97.9
−2.1% vs US
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro · BEA 2024
Family-of-4 budget
$98,687/yr
+23% vs US
Modeled 2025 · federal sources
Median HH income
$69,621
−10% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
Median home value
$245,700
−19% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
2-BR fair-market rent
$1,713/mo
HUD FY2026 · 40th pct
Avg July high
89°F
NOAA 1991–2020
Gigabit broadband
58%
ISP-reported, FCC BDC
Explore Hampton, VA demographics, including age, race and ethnicity, households, origins, language, and education.
How many people live in Hampton?
137,315 people live in Hampton as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #212 largest U.S. city.
How big is Hampton?
Hampton covers 51.5 square miles of land and 84.8 square miles of water. Its population density is about 2,668 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population grew 0.1% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 137,160 → 2025: 137,315 (+0.1%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
137,160
April 1, 2020
2020
137,279
July 1, 2020
2021
137,771
July 1, 2021
2022
137,889
July 1, 2022
2023
137,043
July 1, 2023
2024
137,399
July 1, 2024
2025
137,315
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population shrank 2.1% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
Hampton is the #212 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #7 in Virginia.
▸Show the analyst detail (9 rows)
Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
137,160
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+155
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+0.1%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
-84
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
-0.1%
within V2025 only
Density
2,668
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
51.5
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#212
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#7
of 227 in Virginia
What is the median household income in Hampton?
Median household income is 10% below the U.S. median ($69,621 vs $77,719); 12.7% live in poverty — 0.2 points above the 12.5% U.S. rate.
Median household income$69,621
US
Hampton: $69,621 — 10% below the US median of $77,719.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data
Hampton
$69,621
United States
$77,719
Income and poverty estimates for Hampton from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
69,621-10.4% vs US
±2,291
Per capita income
37,706-12.9% vs US
±1,123
Population in poverty
12.7%
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 19% below the U.S. median ($245,700 vs $303,400); median rent is 6% above ($1,427 vs $1,348); price-to-income ratio (3.5×) is roughly in line with the U.S. median (3.9×).
Median home value$245,700
US
Hampton: $245,700 — 19% below the US median of $303,400.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,713/mo
US
Hampton: $1,713/mo — 59% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2024 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for Hampton. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
3.6%
Hampton (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
67,433
2024 annual avg
Worked from home
10.4%-25.9% vs US
share of workers 16+ commuting from home · U.S. median: 14% · ACS
County context — Hampton sits in Hampton city:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Hampton city
13.9%
$68,468
3.6%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from Hampton's linked county in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2024 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Health care and social assistance (62)
6,524
$1,169 / wk
#2
Retail trade (44-45)
5,496
$651 / wk
#3
Accommodation and food services (72)
5,414
$448 / wk
#4
Professional and technical services (54)
4,137
$1,802 / wk
#5
Administrative and waste services (56)
2,258
$1,061 / wk
What workers earn in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Fast Food and Counter Workers is the largest tracked occupation in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro (22,520 jobs, median $28,780/yr).
▸Show all 13 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Fast Food and Counter Workers
22,520
$28,780
$13.84
Cashiers
16,840
$29,320
$14.10
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
13,920
$39,160
$18.83
Stockers and Order Fillers
13,750
$35,120
$16.88
Home Health and Personal Care Aides
13,650
$28,420
$13.66
Waiters and Waitresses
13,100
$39,020
$18.76
Office Clerks, General
12,490
$44,630
$21.46
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
20,890
$30,820
$14.82
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
17,400
$100,340
$48.24
Registered Nurses · benchmark
16,870
$89,450
$43.00
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
7,460
$50,460
$24.26
Software Developers · benchmark
7,160
$129,090
$62.06
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run 2.1% below the U.S. average (RPP 97.9); utilities run 10.4% below (RPP 89.6) — the metro's utility affordability is the main driver.
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 97.9
US
Hampton's cost of living runs 2.1% below the U.S. average (RPP 97.9 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 97.9
−2.1% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,713/mo
FY2026 · Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC HUD Metro FMR Area
State income tax (top marginal rate)
5.75%
4 brackets · TY2025
Family-of-four monthly budget total
$8,224/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources
Single-adult monthly budget total
$4,810/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources
Local income tax
—
not applicable in Virginia · no modeled local income tax
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
5.9% foreign-born (U.S. median 14%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (3.7% of residents 5+).
A quick read on Hampton's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
Hottest month: July (89°F avg high). Coldest: January (32°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 47.4 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Hampton from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Natural-hazard exposure for Hampton from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in Hampton?
5 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 58% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Hampton from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of June 30, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
5 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
4
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
60.4%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
57.8%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
68,625
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of June 30, 2025 · methodology →
In-state context.
Hampton sits at state rank #7 among 227 cities in Virginia. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: West Valley City, UT · #211 · 137,491 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Warren, MI · #213 · 137,138 residents.
Quick travel facts for Hampton
Quick travel facts.
Nearest commercial airport
Norfolk International Airport(ORF) · 12 mi 19 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
Apr, May · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS Elevation Point Query Service (3DEP) · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (FAA-aligned, type=large/medium, scheduled_service=yes) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about Hampton.
How many people live in Hampton, VA?
Hampton has 137,315 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #212 largest city in the United States and #7 in Virginia. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is Hampton growing or shrinking?
Hampton has grown 0.1% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 155 residents. The most recent year ticked down slightly (−84 residents, −0.1% from 2024 to 2025). Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
The GEOID for Hampton is 5135000. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
