| Official Name: | Hampton, New Hampshire |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | New Hampshire#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Hampton |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Hampshire |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Rockingham |
| Subdivision Type3: | Town |
| Subdivision Name3: | Hampton |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.35 |
| Area Land Km2: | 14.10 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.25 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.54 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 5.45 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.10 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 9597 |
| Population Density Km2: | 680.52 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1762.53 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 40 |
| Coordinates: | 42.9375°N -70.8389°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 03842, 03843 |
| Area Code: | 603 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 33-32980 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2378068 |
Hampton is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the town center and surrounding developed areas of the town of Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population of the CDP was 9,597 at the 2020 census,[2] out of 16,214 in the entire town.
The CDP occupies the central part of the town of Hampton, centered on the intersection of U.S. Route 1 (Lafayette Road) with New Hampshire Route 27 (Exeter Road/High Street). The CDP is bordered to the north by the town of North Hampton and to the southeast by the Hampton Beach CDP within the town of Hampton. The eastern border of the Hampton CDP begins at Woodland Road, then proceeds down Nilus Brook and through Meadow Pond. The southern border follows Tide Mill Creek through the Hampton Saltmarsh from Meadow Pond to New Hampshire Route 101, which forms the southwestern border of the CDP to Interstate 95, the western extent of the CDP.[3]
U.S. Route 1 leads north from Hampton 10miles to Portsmouth and south the same distance to Newburyport, Massachusetts. Route 27 leads east 2miles to the Atlantic Ocean and west 7miles to Exeter. Route 101 (the Exeter–Hampton Expressway) is accessible from Exit 13 (NH 27) on the west edge of the CDP and from US 1 on the southern edge. Route 101 leads southeast 2miles to the Atlantic Ocean in Hampton Beach and west to Manchester. Interstate 95 is accessible from Route 101 at the western edge of the CDP and leads north to Portland, Maine, and south to Boston, Massachusetts.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Hampton CDP has a total area of 14.3sqkm, of which 14.1sqkm are land and 0.2sqkm, or 1.72%, are water.[4]
As of the census of 2010, there were 9,202 people, 3,976 households, and 2,504 families residing in the CDP. There were 4,313 housing units, of which 337, or 7.8%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.1% white, 0.7% African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.4% some other race, and 1.1% from two or more races. 1.8% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.[5]
Of the 3,976 households in the CDP, 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were headed by married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29, and the average family size was 2.88.[5]
19.6% of residents in the CDP were under the age of 18, 8.2% were from age 18 to 24, 23.5% were from 25 to 44, 32.7% were from 45 to 64, and 16.1% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.4 males.[5]
For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $79,460, and the median income for a family was $102,669. Male full-time workers had a median income of $65,349 versus $52,135 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $41,837. 5.3% of the population and 4.2% of families were below the poverty line, along with 9.1% of people under the age of 18 and 4.2% of people 65 or older.[6]