Littleton vs Plymouth

A side-by-side comparison of Littleton and Plymouth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plymouth has the higher population (4,877 vs 4,211 in Littleton). Plymouth has the higher median household income ($77,368 vs $47,879 in Littleton). Plymouth has the higher median home value ($274,200 vs $213,200 in Littleton).

Population, income & housing

	Littleton	Plymouth
Population	4,211	4,877
Median age	37.2 yrs	23.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,879	$77,368
Median home value	$213,200	$274,200
Median gross rent	$878	$1,312
Housing units	2,287	1,528
Homeownership rate	44.6%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Littleton	Plymouth
Population	4,680 → 4,211 (-10.0%)	3,438 → 4,877 (+41.9%)
Median household income	$38,004 → $47,879 (+26.0%)	$76,135 → $77,368 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$161,700 → $213,200 (+31.8%)	$197,300 → $274,200 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $878 (+25.1%)	$1,150 → $1,312 (+14.1%)

Littleton

Population

4,6804,211

Median household income

$38,004$47,879

Median home value

$161,700$213,200

Median gross rent

$702$878

Plymouth

Population

3,4384,877

Median household income

$76,135$77,368

Median home value

$197,300$274,200

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,312

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Littleton	Plymouth
Under 5	4.5%	1.4%
5 to 17	10.7%	11.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	41.7%
25 to 34	23.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	7.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	7.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	4.6%
75 and over	11.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Littleton	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Littleton	Plymouth
No high school diploma	17.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	36.9%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Littleton	Plymouth
Drove alone	53.3%	58.9%
Carpooled	21.7%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.8%	16.6%
Bicycle	1.4%	2.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Littleton	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	42.7%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	24.2%	14.5%
20 or more units	6.7%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Littleton	Plymouth
Poverty rate	19.6%	16.4%
Average household size	2.01	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1958	1973