Conway vs North Conway

A side-by-side comparison of Conway and North Conway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Conway has the higher population (3,833 vs 2,286 in North Conway). North Conway has the higher median household income ($73,344 vs $58,796 in Conway). North Conway has the higher median home value ($271,100 vs $255,300 in Conway).

Population, income & housing

	Conway	North Conway
Population	3,833	2,286
Median age	52.8 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,796	$73,344
Median home value	$255,300	$271,100
Median gross rent	$976	$1,050
Housing units	2,207	1,866
Homeownership rate	71.3%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	15.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conway	North Conway
Population	3,924 → 3,833 (-2.3%)	2,179 → 2,286 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$50,582 → $58,796 (+16.2%)	$61,185 → $73,344 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$168,700 → $255,300 (+51.3%)	$306,300 → $271,100 (-11.5%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $976 (+4.7%)	$1,001 → $1,050 (+4.9%)

Conway

Population

3,9243,833

Median household income

$50,582$58,796

Median home value

$168,700$255,300

Median gross rent

$932$976

North Conway

Population

2,1792,286

Median household income

$61,185$73,344

Median home value

$306,300$271,100

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conway	North Conway
Under 5	4.4%	0.4%
5 to 17	7.7%	10.6%
18 to 24	12.2%	0.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	20.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	7.0%
45 to 54	6.2%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	18.8%
65 to 74	20.7%	18.9%
75 and over	14.5%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conway	North Conway
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conway	North Conway
No high school diploma	5.1%	0.5%
High school graduate	25.1%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conway	North Conway
Drove alone	74.2%	70.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	21.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conway	North Conway
1-unit, detached	56.0%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	20.1%
20 or more units	16.6%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Conway	North Conway
Poverty rate	6.9%	14.2%
Average household size	2.14	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1984	1974