Central vs Hampton

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

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

Central has the higher population (1,944 vs 1,695 in Hampton). Central has the higher median household income ($42,292 vs $36,715 in Hampton). Central has the higher median home value ($126,700 vs $97,200 in Hampton).

Population, income & housing

	Central	Hampton
Population	1,944	1,695
Median age	52.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,292	$36,715
Median home value	$126,700	$97,200
Median gross rent	$889	$593
Housing units	1,026	851
Homeownership rate	78.0%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central	Hampton
Population	2,217 → 1,944 (-12.3%)	1,568 → 1,695 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$27,188 → $42,292 (+55.6%)	$37,935 → $36,715 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $126,700 (+0.4%)	$116,200 → $97,200 (-16.4%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $889 (+51.2%)	$535 → $593 (+10.8%)

Central

Population

2,2171,944

Median household income

$27,188$42,292

Median home value

$126,200$126,700

Median gross rent

$588$889

Hampton

Population

1,5681,695

Median household income

$37,935$36,715

Median home value

$116,200$97,200

Median gross rent

$535$593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central	Hampton
Under 5	2.9%	1.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	6.8%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	20.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	18.6%	11.6%
75 and over	8.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central	Hampton
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central	Hampton
No high school diploma	10.2%	13.6%
High school graduate	33.7%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central	Hampton
Drove alone	95.7%	85.9%
Carpooled	3.0%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central	Hampton
1-unit, detached	52.6%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.4%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Central	Hampton
Poverty rate	14.0%	26.8%
Average household size	2.13	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1977	1974