City · Calhoun County, Arkansas

Hampton, Arkansas

Hampton is a city in Calhoun County, Arkansas, part of the Camden, AR metro area. It has 1,037 residents. Hampton, Arkansas has a quality-of-life score of 7 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,577 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Arkansas it ranks #174 of 218 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), job growth (high) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), access to exercise opportunities (low) and traffic deaths (high).

7Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,577 of 15,651 cities and towns
Arkansas: #174 of 218 in AR
Population: 1,037 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 316.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 0529650

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety16#13,183/15,637
Economy22#12,208/15,631
Housing98#248/14,977
Health16#13,082/15,609
Healthcare1#15,537/15,650
Environment19#12,568/15,453
Education12#13,757/15,649
Infrastructure11#13,901/15,650
Community11#13,906/15,651
Leisure & amenities6#14,671/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hampton, Arkansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Calhoun County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Students per teacher · low6.9×
100/100Arkansas 12.5×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsCalhoun County value
Job growth · high10.5%
100/100Arkansas -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataCalhoun County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Arkansas 10.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCalhoun County value
Public libraries · high4.3 /10k
98/100Arkansas 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCalhoun County value
Rent as share of income · low22.2%
92/100Arkansas 27.6%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
91/100Arkansas 3.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.0 /10k
0/100Arkansas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCalhoun County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low7.3%
0/100Arkansas 63.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCalhoun County value
Traffic deaths · high59.6 /100k
1/100Arkansas 20.8 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataCalhoun County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Arkansas 3.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCalhoun County value
New business applications · low6.3 /1k
1/100Arkansas 12.7 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauCalhoun County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Arkansas 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCalhoun County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,490 (2015-2019) → 1,037 (2020-2024)
−30%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
48.8% (2015-2019) → 26.2% (2020-2024)
−23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.3% (2015-2019) → 81.9% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
84.8% (2015-2019) → 75.4% (2020-2024)
−9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
New homes permittedImproving
0.7 /1k (2021) → 1.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+42%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent as share of incomeImproving
29.6% (2015-2019) → 22.2% (2020-2024)
−7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hampton, Arkansas improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Hampton, Arkansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.5 min2015-2019	25.1 min2020-2024	+3.7 min	Within the margin of error	16%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%2015-2019	11.9%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Broadband subscriptions	70.3%2015-2019	81.9%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Effective property tax rate	0.73%2015-2019	0.58%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
High school diploma or higher	84.8%2015-2019	75.4%2020-2024	−9.4 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Home price to income ratio	1.5×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	52%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4182015-2019	0.4892020-2024	+0.071	Within the margin of error	10%
Median household income	$45,3912015-2019	$46,4582020-2024	+2.4%	Within the margin of error	9%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	29.6%2015-2019	22.2%2020-2024	−7.4 points	Within the margin of error	89%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Hampton, Arkansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hampton, Arkansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hampton, Arkansas itself moved −5.6 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,037 residents (±261)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 women (+8.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,037 residents (±261)

Hampton, Arkansas
Arkansas share

White68%701
Black27%†276
Hispanic or Latino2.1%†22

Education

706 residents (±201)

Hampton, Arkansas
Arkansas share

No high school diploma25%†174
High school or GED30%†215
Some college24%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

397 households (±108)

Hampton, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $25k30%†118
$25k–50k23%†90
$50k–75k18%†73
$75k–100k3.8%†15
$100k–150k16%†65
$150k–200k6.8%†27
$200k or more2.3%†9

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−9.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

397 households (±108)

Hampton, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Own68%†270
Rent32%†127

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

80 households (±52)

Hampton, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $75035%†28
$750–1,00024%†19
$1,000–1,50041%†33

Home values

270 homes (±84)

Hampton, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under $150k87%†235
$150k–250k12%†32
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

603 homes (±117)

Hampton, Arkansas
Arkansas share

2010 or later9.1%†55
2000–20094.5%†27
1980–199933%†197

Size of homes

603 homes (±117)

Hampton, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Studio1.3%†8
1 bedroom5.5%†33
2 bedrooms27%†162

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

366 workers (±129)

Hampton, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Drive alone95%†348
Carpool4.9%†18
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.0%0
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

366 workers (±129)

Hampton, Arkansas
Arkansas share

Under 15 min28%†103
15–29 min32%†117
30–44 min31%†115

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Camden, AR

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Calhoun County, the county holding most of Hampton's residents.

Calhoun County has 63 employer establishments, 136 for every 10,000 residents (0.55× the US rate of 248; 0.59× Arkansas's), with 427 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,222. The Census Bureau also counts 194 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 63; 194 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 136; US 248 · Arkansas 229
Paid employees: 427
Average annual pay: $46,222; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Calhoun County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	10	21.5	4.25×More than typical	120	$52,417	15
Specialty trade contractors	6	12.9	0.83×Too few to compare	25	$46,520	15
Religious organizations	5	10.8	1.94×Too few to compare	12	$12,917	—
Building equipment contractors	4	8.6	1.43×Too few to compare	12	$24,167	—
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	4	8.6	2.61×Too few to compare	12	$24,167	—
Restaurants and other eating places	4	8.6	0.47×Too few to compare	13	$17,692	—
Ambulatory health care services	3	6.5	0.31×Too few to compare	37	$83,757	13
Full-service restaurants	3	6.5	0.84×Too few to compare	11	$17,909	—
Gasoline stations	3	6.5	1.99×Too few to compare	19	$19,842	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Calhoun County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,648 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Hampton is mostly in Calhoun County.

See federal money in Calhoun County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hampton, Arkansas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Bruce WestermanR-AR-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 0.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Calhoun County14100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Camden, AR8

Other cities and towns in Calhoun County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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