Colebrook vs Whitefield

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

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

Whitefield has the higher population (1,438 vs 1,143 in Colebrook). Whitefield has the higher median household income ($62,273 vs $43,125 in Colebrook). Whitefield has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $151,700 in Colebrook).

Population, income & housing

	Colebrook	Whitefield
Population	1,143	1,438
Median age	53.9 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,125	$62,273
Median home value	$151,700	$165,000
Median gross rent	$740	$900
Housing units	704	729
Homeownership rate	56.0%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colebrook	Whitefield
Population	998 → 1,143 (+14.5%)	1,058 → 1,438 (+35.9%)
Median household income	$38,438 → $43,125 (+12.2%)	$40,250 → $62,273 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $151,700 (+62.6%)	$115,700 → $165,000 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $740 (+8.8%)	$716 → $900 (+25.7%)

Colebrook

Population

9981,143

Median household income

$38,438$43,125

Median home value

$93,300$151,700

Median gross rent

$680$740

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)

	Colebrook	Whitefield
Under 5	3.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	8.0%	9.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	11.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.6%
35 to 44	5.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	18.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	20.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	18.6%	14.0%
75 and over	10.0%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colebrook	Whitefield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colebrook	Whitefield
No high school diploma	15.3%	9.4%
High school graduate	32.1%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colebrook	Whitefield
Drove alone	75.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	16.4%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	2.7%
Other means	5.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colebrook	Whitefield
1-unit, detached	34.8%	50.8%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	28.4%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	10.3%
20 or more units	5.4%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Colebrook	Whitefield
Poverty rate	15.1%	13.2%
Average household size	1.88	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1957	1938