Lancaster vs Whitefield

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

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

Lancaster has the higher population (2,264 vs 1,438 in Whitefield). Lancaster has the higher median household income ($92,525 vs $62,273 in Whitefield). Lancaster has the higher median home value ($182,900 vs $165,000 in Whitefield).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Whitefield
Population	2,264	1,438
Median age	38.1 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$92,525	$62,273
Median home value	$182,900	$165,000
Median gross rent	$872	$900
Housing units	1,027	729
Homeownership rate	66.3%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Whitefield
Population	1,797 → 2,264 (+26.0%)	1,058 → 1,438 (+35.9%)
Median household income	$56,836 → $92,525 (+62.8%)	$40,250 → $62,273 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$126,900 → $182,900 (+44.1%)	$115,700 → $165,000 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $872 (+11.5%)	$716 → $900 (+25.7%)

Lancaster

Population

1,7972,264

Median household income

$56,836$92,525

Median home value

$126,900$182,900

Median gross rent

$782$872

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)

	Lancaster	Whitefield
Under 5	7.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	9.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	11.4%
25 to 34	19.7%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	14.0%
75 and over	9.4%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Whitefield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Whitefield
No high school diploma	8.5%	9.4%
High school graduate	35.9%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Whitefield
Drove alone	78.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	1.8%	16.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	2.7%
Other means	5.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Whitefield
1-unit, detached	60.5%	50.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	27.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	10.3%
20 or more units	5.6%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Whitefield
Poverty rate	14.1%	13.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938