Hampstead vs Union Bridge

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

Hampstead and Union Bridge 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 941 in Union Bridge). Hampstead has the higher median household income ($96,802 vs $65,417 in Union Bridge). Hampstead has the higher median home value ($305,400 vs $264,800 in Union Bridge).

Population, income & housing

	Hampstead	Union Bridge
Population	6,311	941
Median age	46.0 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$96,802	$65,417
Median home value	$305,400	$264,800
Median gross rent	$1,229	$1,179
Housing units	2,881	482
Homeownership rate	80.5%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hampstead	Union Bridge
Population	6,362 → 6,311 (-0.8%)	872 → 941 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$77,083 → $96,802 (+25.6%)	$55,750 → $65,417 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$245,700 → $305,400 (+24.3%)	$192,700 → $264,800 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,229 (+41.9%)	$1,043 → $1,179 (+13.0%)

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

Union Bridge

Population

872941

Median household income

$55,750$65,417

Median home value

$192,700$264,800

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hampstead	Union Bridge
Under 5	5.2%	10.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	12.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	17.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	7.3%
55 to 64	22.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.9%
75 and over	5.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hampstead	Union Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	84.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hampstead	Union Bridge
No high school diploma	1.1%	4.9%
High school graduate	21.0%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hampstead	Union Bridge
Drove alone	81.4%	80.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	5.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hampstead	Union Bridge
1-unit, detached	55.3%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	21.9%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	5.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hampstead	Union Bridge
Poverty rate	3.3%	18.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1992	1938