Hampton city vs Stafford County

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

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

Stafford County has the higher population (160,520 vs 137,334 in Hampton city). Stafford County has the higher median household income ($133,792 vs $67,758 in Hampton city). Stafford County has the higher median home value ($458,800 vs $234,100 in Hampton city).

Population, income & housing

	Hampton city	Stafford County
Population	137,334	160,520
Median age	36.5 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,758	$133,792
Median home value	$234,100	$458,800
Median gross rent	$1,346	$1,925
Housing units	62,503	53,864
Homeownership rate	55.6%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	43.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hampton city	Stafford County
Population	135,041 → 137,334 (+1.7%)	146,773 → 160,520 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$56,287 → $67,758 (+20.4%)	$111,108 → $133,792 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$186,700 → $234,100 (+25.4%)	$346,100 → $458,800 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,118 → $1,346 (+20.4%)	$1,546 → $1,925 (+24.5%)

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

Stafford County

Population

146,773160,520

Median household income

$111,108$133,792

Median home value

$346,100$458,800

Median gross rent

$1,546$1,925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hampton city	Stafford County
Under 5	6.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	20.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.1%
75 and over	6.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hampton city	Stafford County
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	53.7%
Black or African American	47.9%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.6%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hampton city	Stafford County
No high school diploma	7.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	29.2%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hampton city	Stafford County
Drove alone	77.8%	66.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.9%
Public transit	1.5%	2.5%
Walked	2.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	18.1%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hampton city	Stafford County
1-unit, detached	63.2%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	6.4%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Hampton city	Stafford County
Poverty rate	13.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.31	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	22	38
Median year structure built	1974	1997