Hampton vs Portsmouth

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

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

Portsmouth has the higher population (22,332 vs 9,960 in Hampton). Portsmouth has the higher median household income ($105,756 vs $96,322 in Hampton). Portsmouth has the higher median home value ($640,600 vs $488,400 in Hampton).

Population, income & housing

	Hampton	Portsmouth
Population	9,960	22,332
Median age	50.4 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,322	$105,756
Median home value	$488,400	$640,600
Median gross rent	$1,644	$1,778
Housing units	4,475	11,094
Homeownership rate	76.3%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	63.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hampton	Portsmouth
Population	9,166 → 9,960 (+8.7%)	21,775 → 22,332 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$92,220 → $96,322 (+4.4%)	$83,923 → $105,756 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$372,000 → $488,400 (+31.3%)	$425,600 → $640,600 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,179 → $1,644 (+39.4%)	$1,305 → $1,778 (+36.2%)

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

Portsmouth

Population

21,77522,332

Median household income

$83,923$105,756

Median home value

$425,600$640,600

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hampton	Portsmouth
Under 5	3.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	16.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	10.3%
75 and over	9.8%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hampton	Portsmouth
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hampton	Portsmouth
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	24.1%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	41.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hampton	Portsmouth
Drove alone	72.1%	67.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.3%
Public transit	0.1%	1.2%
Walked	0.5%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.2%	20.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hampton	Portsmouth
1-unit, detached	63.3%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	19.3%
20 or more units	7.9%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Hampton	Portsmouth
Poverty rate	3.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1978	1958