What is the median rent in Hampton, TN?

Name: Median rent in Hampton, TN, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Hampton, TN is $676 (±$105) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 287 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $676 (±$105)
Rented homes: 287 (±126)
$2,000 or more: 3.8%

How much rent costs in Hampton

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Hampton	Carter County	Tennessee	United States
Less than $500	4.5% (±8.0 points)	12.5%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	91.3% (±10.1 points)	68.8%	28.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	0.3% (±1.0 points)	11.6%	33.0%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±14.5 points)	4.7%	19.0%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	3.8% (±6.2 points)	1.5%	7.5%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±14.5 points)	0.8%	2.3%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±14.5 points)	0.2%	1.8%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 91.3% of renting households.

3.8% of rented homes in Hampton cost $2,000 or more a month.

Hampton against Carter County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Hampton	Carter County	Tennessee	United States
Median gross rent	$676 (±$105)	$739 (±$29)	$1,189 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	287 (±126)	5,108 (±477)	867,741 (±7,411)	42,849,984

In Hampton, median gross rent is not measurably different from Carter County ($739).

It is also lower than in Tennessee ($1,189).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Carter County, Hampton ranks 7 of 8 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 322 of 376.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Hampton

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Hampton
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Hampton	—	$676 (±$105)	—
Valley Forge	2.2 mi	$699 (±$136)	Not measurably different
Elizabethton	5.6 mi	$740 (±$52)	Not measurably different
Biltmore	6.9 mi	$781 (±$171)	Not measurably different
Pine Crest	7.7 mi	$700 (±$252)	Not measurably different
Central	7.9 mi	$952 (±$29)	Higher
Hunter	8.7 mi	$756 (±$628)	Not measurably different
Watauga	9.1 mi	$588 (±$91)	Not measurably different
Unicoi	9.5 mi	$920 (±$363)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Central, TN ($952).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Carter County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Central	$952 (±$29)
2	Biltmore	$781 (±$171)
3	Hunter	$756 (±$628)
4	Elizabethton	$740 (±$52)
5	Pine Crest	$700 (±$252)
6	Valley Forge	$699 (±$136)
7	Hampton	$676 (±$105)
8	Watauga	$588 (±$91)

Hampton is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Hampton

What is the average rent in Hampton, TN?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Hampton is $676 (±$105) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Hampton cost more than $2,000 a month?

3.8% of rented homes in Hampton have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 4.5% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Hampton higher than in Carter County?

In Hampton, median gross rent is not measurably different from Carter County ($739).

It is also lower than in Tennessee ($1,189).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Hampton CDP, Tennessee (place:32040, in state:47).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.