Hampton city vs Spotsylvania County

A side-by-side comparison of Hampton city and Spotsylvania County: population, income, housing, and more.

Hampton city and Spotsylvania County are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spotsylvania County has the higher population (143,876 vs 137,334 in Hampton city). Spotsylvania County has the higher median household income ($109,576 vs $67,758 in Hampton city). Spotsylvania County has the higher median home value ($375,000 vs $234,100 in Hampton city).

Population, income & housing

	Hampton city	Spotsylvania County
Population	137,334	143,876
Median age	36.5 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,758	$109,576
Median home value	$234,100	$375,000
Median gross rent	$1,346	$1,733
Housing units	62,503	54,020
Homeownership rate	55.6%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hampton city	Spotsylvania County
Population	135,041 → 137,334 (+1.7%)	132,833 → 143,876 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$56,287 → $67,758 (+20.4%)	$88,628 → $109,576 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$186,700 → $234,100 (+25.4%)	$284,000 → $375,000 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,118 → $1,346 (+20.4%)	$1,477 → $1,733 (+17.3%)

Hampton city

Population

135,041137,334

Median household income

$56,287$67,758

Median home value

$186,700$234,100

Median gross rent

$1,118$1,346

Spotsylvania County

Population

132,833143,876

Median household income

$88,628$109,576

Median home value

$284,000$375,000

Median gross rent

$1,477$1,733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hampton city	Spotsylvania County
Under 5	6.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.2%
75 and over	6.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hampton city	Spotsylvania County
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	62.6%
Black or African American	47.9%	16.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hampton city	Spotsylvania County
No high school diploma	7.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	29.2%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hampton city	Spotsylvania County
Drove alone	77.8%	71.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.2%
Public transit	1.5%	1.8%
Walked	2.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	15.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hampton city	Spotsylvania County
1-unit, detached	63.2%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	6.4%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Hampton city	Spotsylvania County
Poverty rate	13.0%	7.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	22	38
Median year structure built	1974	1996