Hampton vs Sheffield

A side-by-side comparison of Hampton and Sheffield: population, income, housing, and more.

Hampton and Sheffield are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hampton has the higher population (4,311 vs 1,204 in Sheffield). Sheffield has the higher median household income ($64,297 vs $48,922 in Hampton). Sheffield has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $91,900 in Hampton).

Population, income & housing

	Hampton	Sheffield
Population	4,311	1,204
Median age	43.3 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,922	$64,297
Median home value	$91,900	$138,500
Median gross rent	$649	$648
Housing units	1,943	506
Homeownership rate	66.7%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hampton	Sheffield
Population	4,231 → 4,311 (+1.9%)	1,190 → 1,204 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$52,961 → $48,922 (-7.6%)	$50,625 → $64,297 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $91,900 (+9.3%)	$97,400 → $138,500 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $649 (-12.8%)	$671 → $648 (-3.4%)

Hampton

Population

4,2314,311

Median household income

$52,961$48,922

Median home value

$84,100$91,900

Median gross rent

$744$649

Sheffield

Population

1,1901,204

Median household income

$50,625$64,297

Median home value

$97,400$138,500

Median gross rent

$671$648

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hampton	Sheffield
Under 5	5.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	8.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.0%
75 and over	9.6%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hampton	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hampton	Sheffield
No high school diploma	10.1%	3.8%
High school graduate	42.4%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hampton	Sheffield
Drove alone	82.2%	61.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	11.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hampton	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	73.6%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	12.1%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hampton	Sheffield
Poverty rate	20.9%	16.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1955	1958