Amherst vs New Boston

A side-by-side comparison of Amherst and New Boston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Amherst has the higher population (756 vs 197 in New Boston). Since 2019, New Boston's population has grown faster (+87.6% vs +0.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst	New Boston
Population	756	197
Median age	39.5 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$165,714	—
Median home value	$482,800	—
Housing units	256	66
Homeownership rate	94.5%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.0%	82.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	38.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst	New Boston
Population	754 → 756 (+0.3%)	105 → 197 (+87.6%)
Median household income	$142,031 → $165,714 (+16.7%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$325,900 → $482,800 (+48.1%)	—

Amherst

Population

754756

Median household income

$142,031$165,714

Median home value

$325,900$482,800

New Boston

Population

105197

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst	New Boston
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	32.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	58.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	0.0%
75 and over	10.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst	New Boston
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst	New Boston
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.7%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	10.3%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	42.1%
Graduate or professional degree	49.8%	39.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst	New Boston
Drove alone	70.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst	New Boston
1-unit, detached	88.3%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.7%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amherst	New Boston
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.95	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	38	—
Median year structure built	1938	—