Laconia vs Meredith

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

Laconia and Meredith 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 2,887 in Meredith). Laconia has the higher median household income ($68,427 vs $52,083 in Meredith). Meredith has the higher median home value ($415,800 vs $308,800 in Laconia).

Population, income & housing

	Laconia	Meredith
Population	16,982	2,887
Median age	44.9 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,427	$52,083
Median home value	$308,800	$415,800
Median gross rent	$1,180	$1,255
Housing units	10,402	1,729
Homeownership rate	62.8%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laconia	Meredith
Population	16,476 → 16,982 (+3.1%)	1,495 → 2,887 (+93.1%)
Median household income	$57,960 → $68,427 (+18.1%)	$41,100 → $52,083 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$193,300 → $308,800 (+59.8%)	$182,300 → $415,800 (+128.1%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,180 (+22.7%)	$1,011 → $1,255 (+24.1%)

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

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)

	Laconia	Meredith
Under 5	4.5%	1.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	6.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	16.4%	13.1%
75 and over	7.7%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laconia	Meredith
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laconia	Meredith
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	32.9%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laconia	Meredith
Drove alone	74.5%	68.9%
Carpooled	12.4%	11.6%
Public transit	0.3%	1.5%
Walked	2.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	14.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laconia	Meredith
1-unit, detached	52.3%	46.3%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	22.4%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	8.3%
20 or more units	5.9%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Laconia	Meredith
Poverty rate	12.1%	8.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1973	1977