Exeter vs Hampton

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

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

Exeter has the higher population (10,138 vs 9,960 in Hampton). Hampton has the higher median household income ($96,322 vs $83,862 in Exeter). Hampton has the higher median home value ($488,400 vs $349,300 in Exeter).

Population, income & housing

	Exeter	Hampton
Population	10,138	9,960
Median age	44.2 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,862	$96,322
Median home value	$349,300	$488,400
Median gross rent	$1,569	$1,644
Housing units	5,015	4,475
Homeownership rate	59.8%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Exeter	Hampton
Population	9,244 → 10,138 (+9.7%)	9,166 → 9,960 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$69,575 → $83,862 (+20.5%)	$92,220 → $96,322 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$236,100 → $349,300 (+47.9%)	$372,000 → $488,400 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,224 → $1,569 (+28.2%)	$1,179 → $1,644 (+39.4%)

Exeter

Population

9,24410,138

Median household income

$69,575$83,862

Median home value

$236,100$349,300

Median gross rent

$1,224$1,569

Hampton

Population

9,1669,960

Median household income

$92,220$96,322

Median home value

$372,000$488,400

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,644

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Exeter	Hampton
Under 5	3.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	17.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.7%
75 and over	9.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Exeter	Hampton
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Exeter	Hampton
No high school diploma	1.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	20.5%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Exeter	Hampton
Drove alone	72.8%	72.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	17.5%	20.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Exeter	Hampton
1-unit, detached	35.6%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	21.7%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	9.3%
20 or more units	10.6%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Exeter	Hampton
Poverty rate	6.9%	3.7%
Average household size	2.15	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1968	1978