Iowa · Census place 1933960

Hampton, Iowa

Hampton is a city in Franklin County, Iowa with an estimated 4,340 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 98th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,340
#98 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+0.3%
+11 people
Land area
4.4 sq mi
Density
980 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Hampton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

Hampton population, 2020 to 2024

Hampton added 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +54.

4,32920204,31120214,29820224,28620234,3402024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,338. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hampton covers 4.43 square miles of land, for 980 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Hampton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hampton is in

All of Hampton's residents live in Franklin County, which had 10,024 residents in 2024. Hampton holds 43.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hampton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hampton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50441. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Hampton is

The Census internal point of Hampton is at 42.742000, -93.205000. Des Moines, the capital, is 82.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Iowa Falls, IA (4,993 people), 15.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 83.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.742000, -93.205000
DMS
42°44'31.20"N 93°12'18.00"W
UTM
15N 483221.0E 4732185.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86J8PQRW+R2

Daylight in Hampton

At 42.74° N, Hampton gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hampton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Sheffield, 10.1 miles away, with 1,123 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hampton, IA?

4,340 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 11 (0.3%) from 4,329 in July 2020.

What county is Hampton in?

Franklin County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Hampton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50441.

How far is Hampton from Des Moines?

82.1 miles (132.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Hampton.

What is the nearest larger city to Hampton?

Iowa Falls, IA, with 4,993 residents, 15.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.