Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Hampton Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 647th among Illinois's 767 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is cost of living: a typical home costs about $210K, 2.9 years of the Davenport metro’s $73K median household income. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 87% of the state's. Hampton Township’s typical journey to work is 20 minutes, below both the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The biggest park or preserve is Amôwa Forest Preserve, at 184 acres. Hampton Township is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns.
Where Hampton Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Hampton Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 576 in 1880, a low of 341 in 1890, 1,779 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2011 and 3 maps from 1892 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hampton Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Hampton Township.
Hampton Township sends many workers across the state line to Bettendorf and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it trails Port Byron Township and its other neighbors on schools.
Each of its 4 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than that grade, Port Byron Township highest at A−.
One of its 7 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The 6 public schools in Hampton Township teach 1,536 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| George O Barr SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 405 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Home values are up 5.8% over the year to September 2026. The typical rent in Hampton Township is $949 a month. Hampton Township: nearly two thirds of households own their home.
| Hampton Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 66% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $949 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Hampton Township has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. Summer afternoons peak near 85° in July, and January nights bottom out around 15°; snowfall runs to about 36 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
24% of working residents cross a state line to work, Bettendorf among the top destinations. Hampton Township has about as many jobs (8,934) as working residents, but only 985 people both live and work here.
Half commute less than 9 miles. For residents in Hampton Township, the share who live below the poverty line is 16%. Just just over a tenth of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Employers in Hampton Township added 1,882 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 8,934.
| Hampton Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 4.8% | 11% | 11% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 9,720 U.S. towns with household incomes like Hampton Township’s, it is healthier than 58%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
In Hampton Township, 13% of adults have diabetes. Among adults in the town, 40% have obesity.
| Hampton Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Hampton Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.6% | 10.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.2% | 6.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.5% | 5.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
38% of Hampton Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 25%. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 57% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1978: 243.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Trails run 1.5 miles in 25 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Elton E Fawks Bald Eagle Refuge Nature Preserve | — | 204 |
| 2. Amôwa Forest Preserve | — | 184 |
| 3. Illiniwek Forest Preserve | — | 176 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hampton Township. Close and well known come first.
8 mi Ancient siteRock Island Arsenal
10 mi MuseumBlack Hawk State Historic Site
10 mi MuseumFigge Art Museum77K visitors a year6 mi Zoo & aquariumNiabi Zoo
11 mi MuseumPutnam Museum
10 mi GardenVander Veer Botanical ParkRock Island Arsenal: Robert A, Ryan, J. Ceronia, and Bruce A. Harms, Photographers, Public domain · Black Hawk State Historic Site: Bill Whittaker (talk). Original uploader was Billwhittaker at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Figge Art Museum: Ctjf83, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Putnam Museum: Ctjf83 of English Wikipedia (log), Public domain · Vander Veer Botanical Park: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0
7 within 15 miles of the center of Hampton Township
About 4 of every 100 Hampton Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Village in Illinois, United States
Hampton is a village in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,779 at the time of the 2020 census. down from 1,863 at the 2010 census.
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10 towns share a border with Hampton Township.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C−; East Moline (C−) is closest.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Township | #647 | C− | B | — | D | C+ |
| Colona Township | #78 | A | A− | — | B+ | A− |
| South Moline Township | #524 | C+ | B | — | C | C+ |
| Port Byron Township | — | — | B | — | A− | B+ |
| Zuma Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Moline | #640 | C− | B+ | C− | C− | C+ |
| Campbell's Island | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rapids City | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Port Byron Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hampton Township, Colona Township, South Moline Township and Port Byron Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Zuma Township, Campbell's Island and Rapids City aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hampton Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Hampton Township grades C− overall, better than 21% of U.S. towns and #647 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C+ for health and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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