Epping vs Hampton Beach

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

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

Epping has the higher population (2,808 vs 2,585 in Hampton Beach). Epping has the higher median household income ($80,987 vs $75,363 in Hampton Beach). Hampton Beach has the higher median home value ($443,200 vs $334,700 in Epping).

Population, income & housing

	Epping	Hampton Beach
Population	2,808	2,585
Median age	42.8 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,987	$75,363
Median home value	$334,700	$443,200
Median gross rent	$1,877	$1,454
Housing units	1,256	3,152
Homeownership rate	76.7%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Epping	Hampton Beach
Population	1,889 → 2,808 (+48.7%)	2,685 → 2,585 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $80,987 (+30.9%)	$63,984 → $75,363 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$199,700 → $334,700 (+67.6%)	$342,900 → $443,200 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,242 → $1,877 (+51.1%)	$1,077 → $1,454 (+35.0%)

Epping

Population

1,8892,808

Median household income

$61,875$80,987

Median home value

$199,700$334,700

Median gross rent

$1,242$1,877

Hampton Beach

Population

2,6852,585

Median household income

$63,984$75,363

Median home value

$342,900$443,200

Median gross rent

$1,077$1,454

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Epping	Hampton Beach
Under 5	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.0%	8.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	3.6%
25 to 34	18.3%	5.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	6.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	35.0%
65 to 74	18.6%	15.3%
75 and over	6.3%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Epping	Hampton Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Epping	Hampton Beach
No high school diploma	10.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	39.8%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Epping	Hampton Beach
Drove alone	76.7%	61.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	3.7%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.2%	21.5%
Other means	3.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Epping	Hampton Beach
1-unit, detached	67.1%	35.8%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	23.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Epping	Hampton Beach
Poverty rate	6.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.32	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1984	1971