Hampstead vs Westminster

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

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

Westminster has the higher population (20,257 vs 6,311 in Hampstead). Hampstead has the higher median household income ($96,802 vs $79,431 in Westminster). Westminster has the higher median home value ($318,100 vs $305,400 in Hampstead).

Population, income & housing

	Hampstead	Westminster
Population	6,311	20,257
Median age	46.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$96,802	$79,431
Median home value	$305,400	$318,100
Median gross rent	$1,229	$1,410
Housing units	2,881	8,345
Homeownership rate	80.5%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hampstead	Westminster
Population	6,362 → 6,311 (-0.8%)	18,552 → 20,257 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$77,083 → $96,802 (+25.6%)	$60,518 → $79,431 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$245,700 → $305,400 (+24.3%)	$242,700 → $318,100 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,229 (+41.9%)	$1,136 → $1,410 (+24.1%)

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

Westminster

Population

18,55220,257

Median household income

$60,518$79,431

Median home value

$242,700$318,100

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,410

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hampstead	Westminster
Under 5	5.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	14.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	22.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.1%
75 and over	5.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hampstead	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	77.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hampstead	Westminster
No high school diploma	1.1%	9.2%
High school graduate	21.0%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hampstead	Westminster
Drove alone	81.4%	73.5%
Carpooled	6.4%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.6%	13.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hampstead	Westminster
1-unit, detached	55.3%	33.6%
1-unit, attached	21.9%	28.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	20.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hampstead	Westminster
Poverty rate	3.3%	11.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1992	1983