Hampton Beach vs Newmarket

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

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

Newmarket has the higher population (5,730 vs 2,585 in Hampton Beach). Newmarket has the higher median household income ($83,871 vs $75,363 in Hampton Beach). Hampton Beach has the higher median home value ($443,200 vs $364,800 in Newmarket).

Population, income & housing

	Hampton Beach	Newmarket
Population	2,585	5,730
Median age	59.1 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,363	$83,871
Median home value	$443,200	$364,800
Median gross rent	$1,454	$1,668
Housing units	3,152	2,938
Homeownership rate	62.1%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hampton Beach	Newmarket
Population	2,685 → 2,585 (-3.7%)	5,660 → 5,730 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$63,984 → $75,363 (+17.8%)	$68,500 → $83,871 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$342,900 → $443,200 (+29.3%)	$255,400 → $364,800 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,077 → $1,454 (+35.0%)	$1,278 → $1,668 (+30.5%)

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

Newmarket

Population

5,6605,730

Median household income

$68,500$83,871

Median home value

$255,400$364,800

Median gross rent

$1,278$1,668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hampton Beach	Newmarket
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	8.2%	7.7%
18 to 24	3.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	5.6%	26.1%
35 to 44	6.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	35.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	15.3%	10.6%
75 and over	12.1%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hampton Beach	Newmarket
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	88.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hampton Beach	Newmarket
No high school diploma	3.4%	0.8%
High school graduate	30.3%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hampton Beach	Newmarket
Drove alone	61.5%	75.5%
Carpooled	12.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	3.5%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	14.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hampton Beach	Newmarket
1-unit, detached	35.8%	26.9%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	23.1%	17.5%
20 or more units	10.5%	28.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Hampton Beach	Newmarket
Poverty rate	8.5%	6.6%
Average household size	1.86	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1971	1982