Hampstead vs New Windsor

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

Hampstead and New Windsor 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 1,338 in New Windsor). New Windsor has the higher median household income ($111,731 vs $96,802 in Hampstead). New Windsor has the higher median home value ($337,500 vs $305,400 in Hampstead).

Population, income & housing

	Hampstead	New Windsor
Population	6,311	1,338
Median age	46.0 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,802	$111,731
Median home value	$305,400	$337,500
Median gross rent	$1,229	$330
Housing units	2,881	552
Homeownership rate	80.5%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hampstead	New Windsor
Population	6,362 → 6,311 (-0.8%)	1,298 → 1,338 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$77,083 → $96,802 (+25.6%)	$90,324 → $111,731 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$245,700 → $305,400 (+24.3%)	$264,300 → $337,500 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,229 (+41.9%)	$1,148 → $330 (-71.3%)

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

New Windsor

Population

1,2981,338

Median household income

$90,324$111,731

Median home value

$264,300$337,500

Median gross rent

$1,148$330

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hampstead	New Windsor
Under 5	5.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	22.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.3%
75 and over	5.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hampstead	New Windsor
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	83.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hampstead	New Windsor
No high school diploma	1.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	21.0%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hampstead	New Windsor
Drove alone	81.4%	72.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.1%
Worked from home	11.6%	17.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hampstead	New Windsor
1-unit, detached	55.3%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	21.9%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	4.9%
20 or more units	6.4%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hampstead	New Windsor
Poverty rate	3.3%	12.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	31	39
Median year structure built	1992	1991