Burgaw vs Hampstead

A side-by-side comparison of Burgaw and Hampstead: population, income, housing, and more.

Burgaw and Hampstead are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hampstead has the higher population (9,129 vs 3,249 in Burgaw). Hampstead has the higher median household income ($90,184 vs $65,514 in Burgaw). Hampstead has the higher median home value ($395,900 vs $207,400 in Burgaw).

Population, income & housing

	Burgaw	Hampstead
Population	3,249	9,129
Median age	45.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,514	$90,184
Median home value	$207,400	$395,900
Median gross rent	$1,020	$1,189
Housing units	1,317	3,280
Homeownership rate	66.9%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burgaw	Hampstead
Population	4,080 → 3,249 (-20.4%)	5,901 → 9,129 (+54.7%)
Median household income	$37,616 → $65,514 (+74.2%)	$78,333 → $90,184 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$163,000 → $207,400 (+27.2%)	$287,600 → $395,900 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $1,020 (+30.9%)	$1,087 → $1,189 (+9.4%)

Burgaw

Population

4,0803,249

Median household income

$37,616$65,514

Median home value

$163,000$207,400

Median gross rent

$779$1,020

Hampstead

Population

5,9019,129

Median household income

$78,333$90,184

Median home value

$287,600$395,900

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,189

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burgaw	Hampstead
Under 5	5.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	18.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	7.3%
75 and over	7.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burgaw	Hampstead
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	78.5%
Black or African American	29.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burgaw	Hampstead
No high school diploma	19.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burgaw	Hampstead
Drove alone	82.0%	72.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	17.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burgaw	Hampstead
1-unit, detached	71.1%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	4.4%
20 or more units	1.6%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Burgaw	Hampstead
Poverty rate	22.3%	10.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1988	2001