Alton vs Meredith

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

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

Meredith has the higher population (2,887 vs 416 in Alton). Meredith has the higher median home value ($415,800 vs $358,200 in Alton). Since 2019, Meredith's population has grown faster (+93.1% vs +65.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Alton	Meredith
Population	416	2,887
Median age	58.8 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$52,083
Median home value	$358,200	$415,800
Median gross rent	$623	$1,255
Housing units	179	1,729
Homeownership rate	57.0%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alton	Meredith
Population	252 → 416 (+65.1%)	1,495 → 2,887 (+93.1%)
Median household income	—	$41,100 → $52,083 (+26.7%)
Median home value	—	$182,300 → $415,800 (+128.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,011 → $1,255 (+24.1%)

Alton

Population

252416

Meredith

Population

1,4952,887

Median household income

$41,100$52,083

Median home value

$182,300$415,800

Median gross rent

$1,011$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alton	Meredith
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	3.1%	15.9%
18 to 24	1.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	20.2%	15.3%
35 to 44	6.0%	6.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	24.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	15.6%	13.1%
75 and over	17.1%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alton	Meredith
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alton	Meredith
No high school diploma	14.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	25.1%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	50.6%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alton	Meredith
Drove alone	92.9%	68.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alton	Meredith
1-unit, detached	57.0%	46.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	22.4%
5 to 19 units	31.3%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Alton	Meredith
Poverty rate	2.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1972	1977