Hampstead vs Taneytown

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

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

Taneytown has the higher population (7,295 vs 6,311 in Hampstead). Hampstead has the higher median household income ($96,802 vs $78,726 in Taneytown). Taneytown has the higher median home value ($323,700 vs $305,400 in Hampstead).

Population, income & housing

	Hampstead	Taneytown
Population	6,311	7,295
Median age	46.0 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,802	$78,726
Median home value	$305,400	$323,700
Median gross rent	$1,229	$799
Housing units	2,881	2,960
Homeownership rate	80.5%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hampstead	Taneytown
Population	6,362 → 6,311 (-0.8%)	6,787 → 7,295 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$77,083 → $96,802 (+25.6%)	$73,649 → $78,726 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$245,700 → $305,400 (+24.3%)	$252,700 → $323,700 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,229 (+41.9%)	$1,028 → $799 (-22.3%)

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

Taneytown

Population

6,7877,295

Median household income

$73,649$78,726

Median home value

$252,700$323,700

Median gross rent

$1,028$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hampstead	Taneytown
Under 5	5.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	22.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.0%
75 and over	5.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hampstead	Taneytown
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	85.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hampstead	Taneytown
No high school diploma	1.1%	4.9%
High school graduate	21.0%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hampstead	Taneytown
Drove alone	81.4%	77.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	10.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hampstead	Taneytown
1-unit, detached	55.3%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	21.9%	21.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	1.9%
20 or more units	6.4%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hampstead	Taneytown
Poverty rate	3.3%	12.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1992	1992