Eldersburg vs Hampstead

A side-by-side comparison of Eldersburg and Hampstead: population, income, housing, and more.

Eldersburg and Hampstead are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eldersburg has the higher population (30,626 vs 6,311 in Hampstead). Eldersburg has the higher median household income ($146,598 vs $96,802 in Hampstead). Eldersburg has the higher median home value ($478,800 vs $305,400 in Hampstead).

Population, income & housing

	Eldersburg	Hampstead
Population	30,626	6,311
Median age	39.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$146,598	$96,802
Median home value	$478,800	$305,400
Median gross rent	$1,655	$1,229
Housing units	11,011	2,881
Homeownership rate	88.5%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%	44.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldersburg	Hampstead
Population	31,108 → 30,626 (-1.5%)	6,362 → 6,311 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$120,688 → $146,598 (+21.5%)	$77,083 → $96,802 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$386,700 → $478,800 (+23.8%)	$245,700 → $305,400 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,655 (+43.5%)	$866 → $1,229 (+41.9%)

Eldersburg

Population

31,10830,626

Median household income

$120,688$146,598

Median home value

$386,700$478,800

Median gross rent

$1,153$1,655

Hampstead

Population

6,3626,311

Median household income

$77,083$96,802

Median home value

$245,700$305,400

Median gross rent

$866$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldersburg	Hampstead
Under 5	5.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	22.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.7%
75 and over	6.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldersburg	Hampstead
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	89.8%
Black or African American	4.8%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldersburg	Hampstead
No high school diploma	4.4%	1.1%
High school graduate	17.5%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldersburg	Hampstead
Drove alone	75.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	2.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	11.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldersburg	Hampstead
1-unit, detached	82.2%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	21.9%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	11.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eldersburg	Hampstead
Poverty rate	4.2%	3.3%
Average household size	2.77	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1988	1992