With a population of 6,500 Hampshire is a very peaceful and quiet rural farming town. Surrounded by country roads and farmland. With a population of 8,200 Pingree Grove borders Hampshire and shares the same zip code. It is a friendly, safe, and quiet neighborhood that is rapidly developing with the Cambridge Lakes and Carillon Active Adult Subdivisions.
Both Villages attend award winning School District 300.
It is best know for the Fall Festival at Goebbert’s Pumpkin Patch.