Derry vs Hampton

A side-by-side comparison of Derry and Hampton: population, income, housing, and more.

Derry and Hampton are places in New Hampshire. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Derry has the higher population (21,668 vs 9,960 in Hampton). Hampton has the higher median household income ($96,322 vs $88,901 in Derry). Hampton has the higher median home value ($488,400 vs $356,700 in Derry).

Population, income & housing

	Derry	Hampton
Population	21,668	9,960
Median age	39.7 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,901	$96,322
Median home value	$356,700	$488,400
Median gross rent	$1,473	$1,644
Housing units	9,652	4,475
Homeownership rate	59.0%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derry	Hampton
Population	21,817 → 21,668 (-0.7%)	9,166 → 9,960 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$67,073 → $88,901 (+32.5%)	$92,220 → $96,322 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$225,600 → $356,700 (+58.1%)	$372,000 → $488,400 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,175 → $1,473 (+25.4%)	$1,179 → $1,644 (+39.4%)

Derry

Population

21,81721,668

Median household income

$67,073$88,901

Median home value

$225,600$356,700

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,473

Hampton

Population

9,1669,960

Median household income

$92,220$96,322

Median home value

$372,000$488,400

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,644

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derry	Hampton
Under 5	5.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	15.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	17.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	13.7%
75 and over	5.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derry	Hampton
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derry	Hampton
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	30.0%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derry	Hampton
Drove alone	68.7%	72.1%
Carpooled	12.4%	6.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	1.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.7%	20.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derry	Hampton
1-unit, detached	39.8%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	9.3%
20 or more units	23.4%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Derry	Hampton
Poverty rate	5.1%	3.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1981	1978