Keene vs Winchester

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

Keene and Winchester 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 1,394 in Winchester). Keene has the higher median household income ($78,183 vs $65,893 in Winchester). Keene has the higher median home value ($232,500 vs $206,900 in Winchester).

Population, income & housing

	Keene	Winchester
Population	22,923	1,394
Median age	35.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,183	$65,893
Median home value	$232,500	$206,900
Median gross rent	$1,275	$1,028
Housing units	10,271	783
Homeownership rate	50.9%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keene	Winchester
Population	22,953 → 22,923 (-0.1%)	2,261 → 1,394 (-38.3%)
Median household income	$56,971 → $78,183 (+37.2%)	$39,608 → $65,893 (+66.4%)
Median home value	$190,500 → $232,500 (+22.0%)	$112,800 → $206,900 (+83.4%)
Median gross rent	$983 → $1,275 (+29.7%)	$1,025 → $1,028 (+0.3%)

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

Winchester

Population

2,2611,394

Median household income

$39,608$65,893

Median home value

$112,800$206,900

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keene	Winchester
Under 5	3.7%	14.7%
5 to 17	10.9%	7.7%
18 to 24	18.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	19.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.7%
75 and over	8.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keene	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	87.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
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%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keene	Winchester
No high school diploma	6.4%	10.1%
High school graduate	25.6%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keene	Winchester
Drove alone	69.0%	80.6%
Carpooled	11.2%	7.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	8.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keene	Winchester
1-unit, detached	47.0%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.5%	28.1%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	14.3%
20 or more units	11.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Keene	Winchester
Poverty rate	9.9%	22.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1960	1973