About Hampstead

Hampstead is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 8,297 people and just one neighborhood, Hampstead is the 37th largest community in New Hampshire.

Unlike some towns , Hampstead isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hampstead are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hampstead is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hampstead who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.46%), management occupations (15.27%), and sales jobs (10.12%).

Also of interest is that Hampstead has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Hampstead is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Hampstead is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Hampstead really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Hampstead perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

In Hampstead, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.92 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Hampstead is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Hampstead isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.53% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Hampstead is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Hampstead Information and Demographics

The population of Hampstead is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.33% of adults in Hampstead have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hampstead in 2000 was $29,195, which is wealthy relative to New Hampshire and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,780 for a family of four. However, Hampstead contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Hampstead home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hampstead is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Hampstead include Irish, Italian, English, French Canadian, French, Polish, German, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Hampstead is English.