Alton vs Tilton Northfield

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

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

Tilton Northfield has the higher population (3,169 vs 416 in Alton). Alton has the higher median home value ($358,200 vs $207,800 in Tilton Northfield). Since 2019, Alton's population has grown faster (+65.1% vs +12.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Alton	Tilton Northfield
Population	416	3,169
Median age	58.8 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$59,902
Median home value	$358,200	$207,800
Median gross rent	$623	$967
Housing units	179	1,420
Homeownership rate	57.0%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alton	Tilton Northfield
Population	252 → 416 (+65.1%)	2,812 → 3,169 (+12.7%)
Median household income	—	$55,566 → $59,902 (+7.8%)
Median home value	—	$169,900 → $207,800 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$840 → $967 (+15.1%)

Alton

Population

252416

Tilton Northfield

Population

2,8123,169

Median household income

$55,566$59,902

Median home value

$169,900$207,800

Median gross rent

$840$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alton	Tilton Northfield
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	3.1%	18.6%
18 to 24	1.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	20.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	6.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	24.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	15.6%	12.1%
75 and over	17.1%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alton	Tilton Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alton	Tilton Northfield
No high school diploma	14.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	25.1%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	50.6%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alton	Tilton Northfield
Drove alone	92.9%	79.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	7.1%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alton	Tilton Northfield
1-unit, detached	57.0%	43.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	31.3%	20.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Alton	Tilton Northfield
Poverty rate	2.2%	10.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1972	1943