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Hampton, VA
137,596 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 5135000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Hampton ranked #314 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Hampton and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Independence MO, Mesquite TX, Lakewood CO, Newport News VA, Davenport IA, Manchester NH, Clearwater FL, Clarksville TN, Grand Prairie TX, Peoria IL, Green Bay WI, Tempe AZ, Killeen TX · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #314 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #159 | #259 | #186 | #286 | #153 | #173 | #232 | #300 | #273 | #288 | #268 | #297 | #270 | #276 | #282 | #280 | #249 | #286 | #314 | #284 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 141,314 | 140,839 | 140,222 | 138,957 | 137,833 | 137,415 | 136,628 | 137,177 | 137,332 | 137,680 | 136,264 | 135,374 | 134,725 | 134,330 | 134,510 | 137,282 | 137,780 | 137,970 | 137,157 | 137,596 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #107 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | +0.7 | -1.2 | -0.9 | -1.6 | -1.4 | — | -1.1 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -1.7 | -1.2 | -1.0 | -0.6 | -0.2 | +0.0 | +0.3 | -0.0 | -0.9 | +0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #247 of 271 cities with data · 10th of 12 in its peer group with data | 6.2 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 1.1 | — | 1.2 | 1.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #239 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 20.1% | 20.3% | 22.3% | 22.5% | 24.5% | 22.3% | 22.3% | 24.2% | 26.6% | 26.2% | 24.4% | 25.1% | 23.8% | 23.7% | 23.2% | — | 24.6% | 24.4% | 24.9% | 26.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #232 of 304 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 7.8 | 7.8 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 6.6 | 8.7 | 16.7 | 7.3 | 11.7 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 11.2 | 17.5 | 21.0 | 15.2 | 19.7 | 10.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #126 of 295 cities with data · 1st of 13 in its peer group with data | 31.1 | 23.4 | 30.0 | 36.0 | 28.3 | 30.6 | 37.3 | 40.1 | 33.5 | 51.6 | 51.4 | 65.0 | 58.6 | 50.6 | 72.1 | 73.6 | 80.6 | 60.2 | 59.1 | 42.2 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 51,628 | 51,990 | 53,749 | 50,776 | 53,111 | 54,934 | 54,642 | 50,764 | 53,577 | 52,218 | 53,388 | 53,437 | 54,571 | 54,359 | 53,066 | 49,837 | 45,627 | 48,457 | 49,061 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #242 of 329 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.2 | -1.8 | +0.0 | -4.5 | +7.1 | +4.4 | -3.5 | -4.6 | +2.8 | -2.5 | +0.9 | -0.5 | +1.1 | -1.8 | -2.4 | -1.2 | -6.2 | +1.3 | -1.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 60,167 | 59,341 | 60,545 | 61,925 | 61,582 | 61,450 | 62,436 | 61,030 | 62,004 | — | 64,197 | 60,104 | 63,962 | 62,166 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #253 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9.8% | 11.8% | 9.1% | 9.7% | 6.1% | 6.9% | 6.5% | 6.4% | 5.6% | — | 5.8% | 9.1% | 5.7% | 5.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #246 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 11% | 12% | 16% | 14% | 10% | 0% | 9% | 9% | 12% | 15% | 13% | 15% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 17% | 3% | 8% | 8% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #168 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | $3,920 | $3,657 | $3,273 | $2,891 | $4,442 | $4,347 | $3,954 | $3,585 | $3,675 | $3,344 | $3,503 | $3,232 | $2,938 | $3,177 | $2,869 | $3,095 | $2,845 | $3,495 | $3,132 | $2,859 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Hampton. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.