Enfield vs Hanover

A side-by-side comparison of Enfield and Hanover: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hanover has the higher population (8,520 vs 1,917 in Enfield). Hanover has the higher median household income ($135,250 vs $78,583 in Enfield). Hanover has the higher median home value ($682,100 vs $274,500 in Enfield).

Population, income & housing

	Enfield	Hanover
Population	1,917	8,520
Median age	57.0 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,583	$135,250
Median home value	$274,500	$682,100
Median gross rent	$1,486	$2,132
Housing units	1,048	2,628
Homeownership rate	69.4%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	88.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enfield	Hanover
Population	1,830 → 1,917 (+4.8%)	8,508 → 8,520 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$47,005 → $78,583 (+67.2%)	$109,514 → $135,250 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$187,200 → $274,500 (+46.6%)	$603,700 → $682,100 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,263 → $1,486 (+17.7%)	$1,415 → $2,132 (+50.7%)

Enfield

Population

1,8301,917

Median household income

$47,005$78,583

Median home value

$187,200$274,500

Median gross rent

$1,263$1,486

Hanover

Population

8,5088,520

Median household income

$109,514$135,250

Median home value

$603,700$682,100

Median gross rent

$1,415$2,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Enfield	Hanover
Under 5	11.3%	2.0%
5 to 17	8.4%	7.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	46.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	3.4%	6.7%
55 to 64	16.5%	6.0%
65 to 74	32.0%	5.1%
75 and over	2.7%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enfield	Hanover
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	69.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	11.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.6%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enfield	Hanover
No high school diploma	4.9%	0.3%
High school graduate	28.6%	4.0%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	61.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enfield	Hanover
Drove alone	79.2%	50.1%
Carpooled	3.7%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.9%	17.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	11.5%	24.4%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enfield	Hanover
1-unit, detached	53.5%	45.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	24.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	23.6%
20 or more units	2.0%	16.3%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Enfield	Hanover
Poverty rate	22.5%	9.9%
Average household size	2.04	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1981	1975