Population & Demographics
Hampton, VA
Hampton is home to 137,557 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 56,527 resident workers commute each day.
137,557 residents
Median age 36.8 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Hampton population & demographics
Who lives in Hampton — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Hampton
How Hampton breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Hampton
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Hampton.
These figures are for Hampton proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Hampton commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Hampton
56,527 commutes, one dot at a time
Hampton
Where 56,527 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Hampton, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Hampton.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Hampton’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Hampton
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).