Hampton Beach, NH population, income and ZIP codes

Hampton Beach CDP is a small town in New Hampshire, with 2,585 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #40 of 100 ranked by population — larger than 60% of them. The median age here is 59.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Hampton Beach CDP earn a median of $75,363 a year, 4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 3% below the $77,368 median for the 65 New Hampshire cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 8.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Hampton Beach CDP is valued at $443,200, 46.1% above the national figure and 63% above the $271,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,454 a month, 3.4% above the national figure, or roughly $17,448 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 62.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

A median age of 59.1 puts Hampton Beach CDP well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.