Alton vs Laconia

A side-by-side comparison of Alton and Laconia: population, income, housing, and more.

Alton and Laconia are places in New Hampshire. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laconia has the higher population (16,982 vs 416 in Alton). Alton has the higher median home value ($358,200 vs $308,800 in Laconia). Since 2019, Alton's population has grown faster (+65.1% vs +3.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Alton	Laconia
Population	416	16,982
Median age	58.8 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$68,427
Median home value	$358,200	$308,800
Median gross rent	$623	$1,180
Housing units	179	10,402
Homeownership rate	57.0%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alton	Laconia
Population	252 → 416 (+65.1%)	16,476 → 16,982 (+3.1%)
Median household income	—	$57,960 → $68,427 (+18.1%)
Median home value	—	$193,300 → $308,800 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$962 → $1,180 (+22.7%)

Alton

Population

252416

Laconia

Population

16,47616,982

Median household income

$57,960$68,427

Median home value

$193,300$308,800

Median gross rent

$962$1,180

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alton	Laconia
Under 5	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	3.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	1.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	20.2%	12.0%
35 to 44	6.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	24.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	15.6%	16.4%
75 and over	17.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alton	Laconia
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alton	Laconia
No high school diploma	14.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	25.1%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	50.6%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alton	Laconia
Drove alone	92.9%	74.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.1%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alton	Laconia
1-unit, detached	57.0%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	31.3%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Alton	Laconia
Poverty rate	2.2%	12.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1972	1973