Hampstead vs Mount Airy

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

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

Mount Airy has the higher population (9,746 vs 6,311 in Hampstead). Mount Airy has the higher median household income ($154,514 vs $96,802 in Hampstead). Mount Airy has the higher median home value ($474,800 vs $305,400 in Hampstead).

Population, income & housing

	Hampstead	Mount Airy
Population	6,311	9,746
Median age	46.0 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$96,802	$154,514
Median home value	$305,400	$474,800
Median gross rent	$1,229	$1,939
Housing units	2,881	3,331
Homeownership rate	80.5%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hampstead	Mount Airy
Population	6,362 → 6,311 (-0.8%)	9,397 → 9,746 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$77,083 → $96,802 (+25.6%)	$125,365 → $154,514 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$245,700 → $305,400 (+24.3%)	$371,500 → $474,800 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,229 (+41.9%)	$1,580 → $1,939 (+22.7%)

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

Mount Airy

Population

9,3979,746

Median household income

$125,365$154,514

Median home value

$371,500$474,800

Median gross rent

$1,580$1,939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hampstead	Mount Airy
Under 5	5.2%	7.9%
5 to 17	11.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.0%
55 to 64	22.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.4%
75 and over	5.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hampstead	Mount Airy
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	82.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hampstead	Mount Airy
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	21.0%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hampstead	Mount Airy
Drove alone	81.4%	73.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	16.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hampstead	Mount Airy
1-unit, detached	55.3%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	21.9%	25.9%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hampstead	Mount Airy
Poverty rate	3.3%	2.3%
Average household size	2.22	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1992	1995