Keene vs Troy

A side-by-side comparison of Keene and Troy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Keene has the higher population (22,923 vs 1,086 in Troy). Troy has the higher median household income ($90,938 vs $78,183 in Keene). Keene has the higher median home value ($232,500 vs $201,000 in Troy).

Population, income & housing

	Keene	Troy
Population	22,923	1,086
Median age	35.9 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,183	$90,938
Median home value	$232,500	$201,000
Median gross rent	$1,275	$1,200
Housing units	10,271	470
Homeownership rate	50.9%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keene	Troy
Population	22,953 → 22,923 (-0.1%)	918 → 1,086 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$56,971 → $78,183 (+37.2%)	$47,308 → $90,938 (+92.2%)
Median home value	$190,500 → $232,500 (+22.0%)	$110,500 → $201,000 (+81.9%)
Median gross rent	$983 → $1,275 (+29.7%)	$887 → $1,200 (+35.3%)

Keene

Population

22,95322,923

Median household income

$56,971$78,183

Median home value

$190,500$232,500

Median gross rent

$983$1,275

Troy

Population

9181,086

Median household income

$47,308$90,938

Median home value

$110,500$201,000

Median gross rent

$887$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keene	Troy
Under 5	3.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	18.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	23.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.9%
75 and over	8.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keene	Troy
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	98.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keene	Troy
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	25.6%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keene	Troy
Drove alone	69.0%	85.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	8.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	6.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keene	Troy
1-unit, detached	47.0%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	20.5%	21.9%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	8.5%
20 or more units	11.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Keene	Troy
Poverty rate	9.9%	5.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	17	28
Median year structure built	1960	1946