Berlin vs Whitefield

A side-by-side comparison of Berlin and Whitefield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Berlin has the higher population (9,473 vs 1,438 in Whitefield). Whitefield has the higher median household income ($62,273 vs $43,972 in Berlin). Whitefield has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $113,500 in Berlin).

Population, income & housing

	Berlin	Whitefield
Population	9,473	1,438
Median age	44.3 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,972	$62,273
Median home value	$113,500	$165,000
Median gross rent	$804	$900
Housing units	4,299	729
Homeownership rate	60.6%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berlin	Whitefield
Population	10,221 → 9,473 (-7.3%)	1,058 → 1,438 (+35.9%)
Median household income	$39,130 → $43,972 (+12.4%)	$40,250 → $62,273 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $113,500 (+23.2%)	$115,700 → $165,000 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $804 (+7.2%)	$716 → $900 (+25.7%)

Berlin

Population

10,2219,473

Median household income

$39,130$43,972

Median home value

$92,100$113,500

Median gross rent

$750$804

Whitefield

Population

1,0581,438

Median household income

$40,250$62,273

Median home value

$115,700$165,000

Median gross rent

$716$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berlin	Whitefield
Under 5	4.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	12.9%	9.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	11.4%
25 to 34	15.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	14.0%
75 and over	7.3%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berlin	Whitefield
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	97.1%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berlin	Whitefield
No high school diploma	14.6%	9.4%
High school graduate	39.1%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berlin	Whitefield
Drove alone	77.7%	76.8%
Carpooled	11.5%	16.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	2.7%
Other means	3.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berlin	Whitefield
1-unit, detached	51.6%	50.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	32.8%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	10.3%
20 or more units	2.2%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Berlin	Whitefield
Poverty rate	16.8%	13.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938