Littleton vs Woodsville

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

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

Littleton has the higher population (4,211 vs 1,387 in Woodsville). Woodsville has the higher median household income ($56,610 vs $47,879 in Littleton). Littleton has the higher median home value ($213,200 vs $200,000 in Woodsville).

Population, income & housing

	Littleton	Woodsville
Population	4,211	1,387
Median age	37.2 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,879	$56,610
Median home value	$213,200	$200,000
Median gross rent	$878	$1,088
Housing units	2,287	747
Homeownership rate	44.6%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Littleton	Woodsville
Population	4,680 → 4,211 (-10.0%)	851 → 1,387 (+63.0%)
Median household income	$38,004 → $47,879 (+26.0%)	$54,375 → $56,610 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$161,700 → $213,200 (+31.8%)	$107,100 → $200,000 (+86.7%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $878 (+25.1%)	$945 → $1,088 (+15.1%)

Littleton

Population

4,6804,211

Median household income

$38,004$47,879

Median home value

$161,700$213,200

Median gross rent

$702$878

Woodsville

Population

8511,387

Median household income

$54,375$56,610

Median home value

$107,100$200,000

Median gross rent

$945$1,088

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Littleton	Woodsville
Under 5	4.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	10.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	11.1%
25 to 34	23.0%	17.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	4.5%
75 and over	11.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Littleton	Woodsville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Littleton	Woodsville
No high school diploma	17.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	36.9%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Littleton	Woodsville
Drove alone	53.3%	77.9%
Carpooled	21.7%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Littleton	Woodsville
1-unit, detached	42.7%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	24.2%	2.8%
20 or more units	6.7%	16.6%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Littleton	Woodsville
Poverty rate	19.6%	10.9%
Average household size	2.01	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	14	44
Median year structure built	1958	1938