Hampton Beach vs Seabrook Beach

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

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

Hampton Beach has the higher population (2,585 vs 909 in Seabrook Beach). Seabrook Beach has the higher median household income ($114,167 vs $75,363 in Hampton Beach). Seabrook Beach has the higher median home value ($903,300 vs $443,200 in Hampton Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Hampton Beach	Seabrook Beach
Population	2,585	909
Median age	59.1 yrs	61.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,363	$114,167
Median home value	$443,200	$903,300
Median gross rent	$1,454	$1,536
Housing units	3,152	901
Homeownership rate	62.1%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hampton Beach	Seabrook Beach
Population	2,685 → 2,585 (-3.7%)	1,015 → 909 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$63,984 → $75,363 (+17.8%)	$105,855 → $114,167 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$342,900 → $443,200 (+29.3%)	$549,200 → $903,300 (+64.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,077 → $1,454 (+35.0%)	$1,154 → $1,536 (+33.1%)

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

Seabrook Beach

Population

1,015909

Median household income

$105,855$114,167

Median home value

$549,200$903,300

Median gross rent

$1,154$1,536

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hampton Beach	Seabrook Beach
Under 5	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	8.2%	3.1%
18 to 24	3.6%	1.5%
25 to 34	5.6%	5.8%
35 to 44	6.0%	4.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	35.0%	23.3%
65 to 74	15.3%	25.2%
75 and over	12.1%	19.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hampton Beach	Seabrook Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	96.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hampton Beach	Seabrook Beach
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	30.3%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hampton Beach	Seabrook Beach
Drove alone	61.5%	66.2%
Carpooled	12.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	23.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hampton Beach	Seabrook Beach
1-unit, detached	35.8%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	26.5%
5 to 19 units	23.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hampton Beach	Seabrook Beach
Poverty rate	8.5%	8.5%
Average household size	1.86	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1971	1962