Frenchtown vs Hampton

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

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

Frenchtown has the higher population (1,609 vs 1,127 in Hampton). Frenchtown has the higher median household income ($107,969 vs $77,222 in Hampton). Frenchtown has the higher median home value ($368,700 vs $298,000 in Hampton).

Population, income & housing

	Frenchtown	Hampton
Population	1,609	1,127
Median age	40.6 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$107,969	$77,222
Median home value	$368,700	$298,000
Median gross rent	$1,699	$1,048
Housing units	696	511
Homeownership rate	55.9%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frenchtown	Hampton
Population	1,464 → 1,609 (+9.9%)	1,309 → 1,127 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$73,611 → $107,969 (+46.7%)	$74,063 → $77,222 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$302,100 → $368,700 (+22.0%)	$260,500 → $298,000 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,335 → $1,699 (+27.3%)	$525 → $1,048 (+99.6%)

Frenchtown

Population

1,4641,609

Median household income

$73,611$107,969

Median home value

$302,100$368,700

Median gross rent

$1,335$1,699

Hampton

Population

1,3091,127

Median household income

$74,063$77,222

Median home value

$260,500$298,000

Median gross rent

$525$1,048

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frenchtown	Hampton
Under 5	3.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	21.6%	12.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	12.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	16.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	13.5%
75 and over	8.5%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frenchtown	Hampton
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	79.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frenchtown	Hampton
No high school diploma	2.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	19.4%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frenchtown	Hampton
Drove alone	64.2%	70.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	11.0%
Public transit	4.4%	3.1%
Walked	7.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	14.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frenchtown	Hampton
1-unit, detached	55.9%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	23.3%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	3.7%
20 or more units	2.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Frenchtown	Hampton
Poverty rate	7.3%	13.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1938	1959