A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Hampton$3,720/mo

Typical home $615K (Census) · tax rate 0.95% · Housing →

Carney$2,130/mo

Typical home $344K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.15% · or rent about $1,793/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,580 a month, about $19,000 a year, between Hampton and Carney.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Hampton places higher on 15 of 19 MD lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Maryland ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

CHamptonBetter than 32% of districts in the state CCarneyBetter than 32% of districts in the state

Health

AHamptonHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns B+CarneyHealthier than 69% of U.S. towns

15Hampton

3Carney

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most affordableCost of living · 259 towns #228#46 Highest incomeIncome · 262 towns #29#202 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #242#85 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #223#83 Most educatedPeople · 262 towns #11#145 Most activeHealth · 262 towns #51#175 Fewest smokersHealth · 262 towns #13#127 HealthiestHealth · 262 towns #32#144

Left end = #1 in Maryland. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Hampton’s rankings →

Where they are

Hampton and Carney share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HamptonCarney

Hampton ↔ Carney2.9 miles apart · They share a border

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

HamptonCarney

Snow a year19″19″

January low25°F 25°F

July high89°F 89°F

Growing season (days)204d 204d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)4th 3rd

Outdoors & history

HamptonCarney

Trails44 mi 8 mi

Conserved land43.2%11.9%

National Register places3 —

Archive photos—24

Community

HamptonCarney

Library hours a week—60 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Maryland average

HamptonCarney

People

Population 5,372Lowest 28,343Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.5%Highest MD: +7% -1.9%Lowest MD: +7%

Median age 47±2.8Highest 19% above MD 39.8±1.7Lowest about the MD average

Kids under 18 26.9%±4.4Highest MD: 22.2% 20.7%±2.3Lowest MD: 22.2%

Hampton and Carney are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 20.1%±1.9Lowest MD: 16.7% 23.9%±1.9Highest MD: 16.7%

Carney and Hampton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 74.9%Highest MD: 43.4% 40.3%Lowest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.4%±1.8Lowest MD: 6.9% 6.4%±1.3Highest MD: 6.9%

Carney and Hampton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $170,688±$31kHighest 65% above MD $83,620±$7kLowest 19% below MD

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $615,300±$24kHighest 47% above MD $319,700±$11kLowest 24% below MD

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $1,793±$63 5% above MD

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,873Highest 43% above MD $3,689Lowest 10% below MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest MD: 51.5% 52.5%±6.6Highest MD: 51.5%

Carney and Hampton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 3.8%Lowest MD: 9.4% 11%Highest MD: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 98.1%Highest MD: 67.6% 60%Lowest MD: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1961Lowest 18 yrs older than MD 1980Highest 1 yr newer than MD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 23% below MD 29 minHighest 5% below MD

Work from home 21%±4.7Highest MD: 19.3% 13.1%±2Lowest MD: 19.3%

Work in townworking residents 2.7%Lowest 4.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 miLowest 9.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.38Lowest 0.53Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Baltimore (29%)Baltimore (27%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CarneyFew work in Hampton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 43.2%Highest 11.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 44.1 miHighest 8.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 7.0 miHighest 1.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 22.8Lowest 80.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #57 of 235 in MD #129 of 235 in MD

School district Baltimore County Public SchoolsBaltimore County Public Schools

High school in town Loch Raven HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 13.0 —

Maryland average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Hampton vs Carney

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,580 more a month in Hampton

Hampton places higher on 15 of 19 MD lists

Hampton and Carney share a border

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