How Hampton compares across Virginia
Hampton is ranked on 39 lists against the 255 Virginia towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
Milder winters than 99% of Virginia
Not better or worse, just Hampton’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Hampton lands in the top half on 8 of 26 lists
Each dot is Hampton’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in VA, the right end is last. Areas where Hampton does best come first.
Hampton out-ranks 1 of its 5 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Every VA list, and where Hampton lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Quantico Base · 11.5 min
#58 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Covington · 0.9 yrs
#52
Cheapest rent#1 Clifton Forge · $592/mo
#103
Lowest property tax#1 Covington · $681/yr
#100
Rent easiest to afford#1 Franconia · 28.6%
#83 Health
Healthiest#1 Tysons · 100 / 100
#203
N
Lowest obesity#1 Navy · 20%
#210
Fewest smokers#1 Great Falls · 5%
#166
Most active#1 Wyndham · 14%
#181
Fewest uninsured#1 Great Falls · 4%
#170
Lowest depression#1 Loudoun Valley Estates · 15%
#92
Closest to a top hospital#1 Charlottesville · 0.0 mi
#96 
People
N Most educated#1 Navy · 87.8% #182 U Youngest#1 University of Virginia · 19.6 #83 N Oldest#1 North Shore · 62.6 #170 N Most residents 65+#1 North Shore · 44.9% #110 F Most kids#1 Fort Belvoir · 47.5% #163Safety
Safest#1 Broadway · 5.7
#62 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Chincoteague · 54%
#91
Most new homes#1 Falls Church · 12.8 per 1,000
#42
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Crewe · +71.5%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Manassas Park · 61.4 per home
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Groveton · 53.8%
#177
U
Most trails#1 University of Virginia · 10.3 mi / sq mi
#200
O
Most walkable#1 One Loudoun · 214 / sq mi
#218 
The number on the right is Hampton’s spot. All of Virginia’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every VA list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.