Hampton BeachNH
A town of 2,605, settled in 1837.
Is Hampton Beach a good place to live?
34% of residents are 65 or older in Hampton Beach, where New Hampshire’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 18%. No town among the 127 in New Hampshire we compare has a higher age of the median resident than Hampton Beach. Hampton Beach’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile, where New Hampshire’s towns sit at 1.2 and U.S. towns at 0.4. The biggest park or preserve is Hampton Beach State Park, at 62 acres. We don’t grade Hampton Beach yet; the figures below are still real.
Hampton Beach lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 80% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
America's Stonehenge and 68 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hampton Beach. Close and well known come first.
21 mi Ancient siteAmerica's Stonehenge
39 mi MuseumBunker Hill Monument
39 mi MuseumUSS Cassin Young
24 mi Theme parkCanobie Lake Park
27 mi MuseumPeabody Essex Museum
12 mi MuseumStrawbery BankePhoto credits
America's Stonehenge: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bunker Hill Monument: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS Cassin Young: ROxBo at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Canobie Lake Park: Alex1961, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Peabody Essex Museum: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Strawbery Banke: Ken Gallager (Ken Gallager from en.wikipedia), Public domain
Moving to Hampton Beach: who provides what
Hampton Beach is unincorporated, so Rockingham County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 19, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Hampton Beach.
Compared with most of New Hampshire and the rest of the country, the FEMA risk score in Hampton Beach is higher
Of the losses FEMA expects in Hampton Beach, 80% come from coastal flooding and 16% from inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 99% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fewer children than New Hampshire overall
New Hampshire has 41% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 34%.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.5 points. Across New Hampshire, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Hampton Beach | NH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 1.7% | 9.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 1.5% | 8.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.6% | 8.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.4% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 5.3% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 33.5% | 15.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 23.1% | 12.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.7% | 7.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3% | 5.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33% | 26.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.8% | 17.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.1% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24% | 24.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10% | 16.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
Most of Hampton Beach’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Half commute less than 15 miles. Jobs in Hampton Beach fell by 141 from 2013 to 2023, to 549. Also worth knowing: most working residents leave Hampton Beach for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Hampton (15%), Portsmouth (12%) and Exeter (5%).
| Hampton Beach | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 5.6% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $83,000 | $103,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.2% | 6.8% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Conserved land covers 15.9% of Hampton Beach
2 parks and preserves cover 67 acres in Hampton Beach.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hampton Beach State Park | — | 62 |
| 2. North Beach | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Hampton Beach, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
The town’s midsummer high stands at 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Hampton Beach stands out in New Hampshire and nationally: a larger share of its adults have high blood pressure
For adults in Hampton Beach, the share who binge drink is 14%. Among 127 New Hampshire towns, just 8 have a higher share of adults who have diabetes than Hampton Beach. The town does better than the New Hampshire average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 9.
| Hampton Beach | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 30% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 34% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Hampton Beach | NH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer lonely adults | 26.7% | 30.6% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 73.5% | 69.5% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Hampton Beach sell for about $600K
63% of Hampton Beach households live in a home they own. Homes sold in Hampton Beach spent a median 36 days on the market. In Hampton Beach, the typical sale closed at 96.3% of the list price.
| Hampton Beach | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 63% | 82% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,375 a month | $1,388 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Hampton Beach
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Hampton Beach
About 1 of every 100 Hampton Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Hampshire.
Hampton Beach has grown 14% from 2010 to 2020
2,275 counted in 2010 and 2,598 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Hampton Beach’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Hampton Beach.
| Town | NH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Beach | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hampton | #48 | B+ | C− | B+ | A− | A |
Hampton Beach isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hampton Beach with a neighbor →
Questions about Hampton Beach
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hampton Beach, NH a good place to live?
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