Hampstead vs Surf City

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

Hampstead and Surf City 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 4,160 in Surf City). Hampstead has the higher median household income ($90,184 vs $84,833 in Surf City). Surf City has the higher median home value ($478,600 vs $395,900 in Hampstead).

Population, income & housing

	Hampstead	Surf City
Population	9,129	4,160
Median age	36.0 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,184	$84,833
Median home value	$395,900	$478,600
Median gross rent	$1,189	$1,421
Housing units	3,280	4,447
Homeownership rate	73.0%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hampstead	Surf City
Population	5,901 → 9,129 (+54.7%)	3,449 → 4,160 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$78,333 → $90,184 (+15.1%)	$75,556 → $84,833 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$287,600 → $395,900 (+37.7%)	$275,700 → $478,600 (+73.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,189 (+9.4%)	$1,146 → $1,421 (+24.0%)

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

Surf City

Population

3,4494,160

Median household income

$75,556$84,833

Median home value

$275,700$478,600

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,421

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hampstead	Surf City
Under 5	7.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	21.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	16.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	15.2%
75 and over	6.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hampstead	Surf City
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	86.4%
Black or African American	2.2%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hampstead	Surf City
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	26.3%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hampstead	Surf City
Drove alone	72.3%	66.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.3%	25.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hampstead	Surf City
1-unit, detached	65.6%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	10.4%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Hampstead	Surf City
Poverty rate	10.1%	4.9%
Average household size	2.97	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	2001	2002