Hampstead, Maryland.
Typical home $437,663 (+2.0% in a year). Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,164 (+103%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $8,495 +2%
- $429,168$437,663 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $68,050 +18%
- $369,613$437,663 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Hampstead$2,297
- Maryland$2,230
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.
Typical home values in Hampstead, MD rose 2.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Hampstead, Carroll County, Maryland
Hampstead is a town of 6,241 people in Carroll County. Half its households earn more than $97,871 a year and half less, against $118,211 across Carroll County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 80% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 20% are rented. Unemployment in Carroll County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Hampstead is a small town in Carroll County, Maryland, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Incomes run below the county's, though few residents live below the poverty line, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with highs near freezing in January and a fair amount of snow, while summers are warm, and rain and melted snow add up to a good deal over the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, and in government. Within the town itself, some of the largest workplaces are Fuchs Gruppe, which makes spices and spice mixes, Weis Markets, a grocery chain, and Stanley Black & Decker. The commute is a fairly long one, and some people work from home.
Things to do. Close by, Charlotte's Quest Nature Center is a park a short drive away, and Codorus Creek is a river a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Baltimore's better-known places, including the National Aquarium and the Maryland Zoo, and Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the stadium where the city's baseball team plays.
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- 2,731households
- 40%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 15%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Carroll County had 59,443 jobs in 2025, 0.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 64°. About 34 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Millers Northeast weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Hampstead
- Fuchs GruppeSpices and spice mix manufacturing197
- Tailored BrandsGeneral warehousing and storage128
- Weis MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery98
- Stanley Black & DeckerPowder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis72
- Men's WearhouseGeneral warehousing and storage60
- Hampstead StoreUsed merchandise retailer24
- HampsteadMail and parcel delivery21
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 600 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hampstead’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Carroll County and the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro.
Hampstead home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Hampstead$437,663
- Maryland$424,890
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Hampstead listings, and the typical home goes pending in 10 days — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Hampstead30.33%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Hampstead10
- United States21
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hampstead39
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hampstead20
Zip codes with a Hampstead address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hampstead — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.