HamptonNew Brunswick

For health, Hampton sits behind 91% of Canadian towns

Age-standardised, 43% of the region’s adults put their health at very good or excellent, near New Brunswick’s towns (43%) and lower than Canadian towns (52%). Life expectancy in the region is 79.3 years (81.1 for women, 77.3 for men, 2022/2024). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Hampton’s is long: 27 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

Violent crime weighs less where Hampton is policed than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 36

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Hampton detachment area

Its police area records 7.8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The index for the force that serves it came to 38, below both New Brunswick’s towns (73) and Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 15.3 property crimes are reported each year.

Hampton is a town of owners: 96% of households own their home, above New Brunswick’s towns and Canadian towns

8% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to 17% of the median household income, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Hampton doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Saint John metro area.

Hampton has cooler summers than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 23.0°C

Rain and snow peak in November, at 138 mm. A normal year brings 1,271 mm of precipitation, above both New Brunswick’s towns (1,121 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). Gardeners get 128 frost-free days, from 21 May to 27 September. Most of the snow comes in January, about 60 cm.

With 0.1 jobs for each resident in work, most of Hampton commutes out

The commute to work averages 27 min.

In Hampton, November normally means 7°C afternoons and −2°C nights

ECCC’s forecast for Quispamsis is on the Weather page, hour by hour. December follows at 1°C by day and −8°C by night. Expect around 13 cm of snow in November.

Fundy Royal, which takes in Hampton, is held by Rob Moore (Conservative Party of Canada)

Of the 10 Commons seats from New Brunswick, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 6.

Hampton has no public library of its own; the nearest is Kennebecasis Public Library, 13 km away

The next is East Branch Library (Saint John), 24 km away.

A national park 51 km from Hampton: Fundy National Park

Within 10 km are 14 protected areas. The largest named area nearby is 4040400, 41 ha, 8.2 km away. Protected areas cover 3.7% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. A provincial park, New River Beach Provincial Park, lies 59 km away.

Hampton is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Service New Brunswick - GeoNB

In Health Canada’s survey, just over one in ten homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). NRCan expects $0.023 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Hampton, near the typical $0.030.

In and around Hampton, 5 schools: 4 elementary schools and 1 secondary school

Elementary school is 5.3 km away at the nearest, above both New Brunswick’s towns (1.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km). Teenagers have 3.5 km to go to the closest secondary school, between New Brunswick’s towns (4.5 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

A town of families: 17% of people in Hampton are under 15, more than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns

Visible minorities make up 2% of the population, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (15%). Over-65s are 20% of the population.