ZIP 21074 · Hampstead
Who lives in ZIP code 21074 (Hampstead, MD): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Hampstead, MD · Carroll County
uszips 2026
People14,777
Median age42.9
Household income$108,536
Home value$378,292
Median rent$1,260/mo
Poverty3.9%
College degree+36.3%
Commute32 min
Place
- Metro area
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Wider region
- Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 151 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 5,889
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
17.3% are 65 or older; 77.8% are adults.
Household income
52.9% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $56,687.
Education (adults 25+)
44.6% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.2% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 59.5%
- Never married
- 24.4%
- Divorced
- 11.6%
- Widowed
- 4.6%
- Family size
- 3.02
- Dual-income families
- 65.7%
Housing
- Own their home
- 86.6%
- Rent burden
- 29.3%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 72.7%
- Unemployment
- 3.5%
- Self-employed
- 10.7%
- Farmers
- 1.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 41.5%
- Veterans
- 6.0%
- With a disability
- 9.1%
- No health insurance
- 0.9%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.