Laconia vs New Hampton

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

Laconia and New Hampton 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 285 in New Hampton). New Hampton has the higher median household income ($84,583 vs $68,427 in Laconia). Laconia has the higher median home value ($308,800 vs $296,700 in New Hampton).

Population, income & housing

	Laconia	New Hampton
Population	16,982	285
Median age	44.9 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,427	$84,583
Median home value	$308,800	$296,700
Median gross rent	$1,180	—
Housing units	10,402	76
Homeownership rate	62.8%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	72.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laconia	New Hampton
Population	16,476 → 16,982 (+3.1%)	354 → 285 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$57,960 → $68,427 (+18.1%)	$79,875 → $84,583 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$193,300 → $308,800 (+59.8%)	$225,000 → $296,700 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,180 (+22.7%)	—

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

New Hampton

Population

354285

Median household income

$79,875$84,583

Median home value

$225,000$296,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laconia	New Hampton
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	3.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	17.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	6.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	41.1%
65 to 74	16.4%	5.6%
75 and over	7.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laconia	New Hampton
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laconia	New Hampton
No high school diploma	7.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	32.9%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	7.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	62.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laconia	New Hampton
Drove alone	74.5%	60.8%
Carpooled	12.4%	20.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	10.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laconia	New Hampton
1-unit, detached	52.3%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laconia	New Hampton
Poverty rate	12.1%	34.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1973	1959