Hampton, Michigan.
Typical home $232,820 (+8.7% in a year), asking rent $975 . Bay City, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$630 (+106%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $18,610 +9%
- $214,211$232,820 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $43,797 +23%
- $189,023$232,820 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Hampton$1,222
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.
Typical home values in Hampton, MI rose 8.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Hampton, Bay County, Michigan
Hampton is a township of 9,695 people in Bay County. Half its households earn more than $51,728 a year and half less, against $61,763 across Bay County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 60% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 40% are rented. Unemployment in Bay County was 5.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Hampton is a township in Bay County, Michigan, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Incomes run below the county's, and a good number of households live below the poverty line. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, summers are warm, and the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, manufacturing and professional and business services also employing a good share. Among the largest workplaces in Hampton are Meijer, Kroger Michigan KMA and Hampton Nursing and Rehab. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than you might expect, and most people commute to work rather than working from home.
Things to do. A short drive away, the USS Edson is a museum ship, and Bay City State Park is a protected area for time outdoors. The State Theatre, also a short drive away, is a place to catch a show. For time by the water, the Saginaw River is a longer drive away.
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- 4,500households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Bay County had 34,153 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 62°. About 33 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Essexville weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Hampton
- MeijerRetail215
- Kroger Michigan KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores101
- Hampton Nursing and RehabHomes for the elderly with nursing care98
- New Hope BayHomes for the aged without nursing care91
- Consumers EnergyPower generation, fossil fuel, electric90
- IRB Medical EquipmentMedical equipment and supplies stores43
- AZCO Karn SolarIndustrial building construction, general contractors36
- Brandenburg Industrial Service CompanyDemolition contractor34
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 738 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Bay County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Bay County and the Bay City, MI metro.
Hampton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Hampton$232,820
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Hampton listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Hampton36.73%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hampton28
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hampton13
Zip codes with a Hampton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hampton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.