Hampstead vs Manchester

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

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

Hampstead has the higher population (6,311 vs 5,446 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median household income ($112,679 vs $96,802 in Hampstead). Manchester has the higher median home value ($351,500 vs $305,400 in Hampstead).

Population, income & housing

	Hampstead	Manchester
Population	6,311	5,446
Median age	46.0 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,802	$112,679
Median home value	$305,400	$351,500
Median gross rent	$1,229	$1,329
Housing units	2,881	2,052
Homeownership rate	80.5%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hampstead	Manchester
Population	6,362 → 6,311 (-0.8%)	4,832 → 5,446 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$77,083 → $96,802 (+25.6%)	$95,000 → $112,679 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$245,700 → $305,400 (+24.3%)	$294,500 → $351,500 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,229 (+41.9%)	$962 → $1,329 (+38.1%)

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

Manchester

Population

4,8325,446

Median household income

$95,000$112,679

Median home value

$294,500$351,500

Median gross rent

$962$1,329

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hampstead	Manchester
Under 5	5.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	22.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.5%
75 and over	5.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hampstead	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	84.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	3.8%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hampstead	Manchester
No high school diploma	1.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	21.0%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hampstead	Manchester
Drove alone	81.4%	72.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	15.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hampstead	Manchester
1-unit, detached	55.3%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	21.9%	15.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	4.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hampstead	Manchester
Poverty rate	3.3%	5.7%
Average household size	2.22	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1992	1987