Bennington vs New Boston

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

Bennington 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.

Bennington has the higher population (240 vs 197 in New Boston). Since 2019, New Boston's population has grown faster (+87.6% vs -25.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bennington	New Boston
Population	240	197
Median age	40.1 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,750	—
Median home value	$213,400	—
Median gross rent	$897	—
Housing units	130	66
Homeownership rate	66.4%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	82.0%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	38.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennington	New Boston
Population	321 → 240 (-25.2%)	105 → 197 (+87.6%)
Median household income	$71,667 → $70,750 (-1.3%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$133,000 → $213,400 (+60.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$857 → $897 (+4.7%)	—

Bennington

Population

321240

Median household income

$71,667$70,750

Median home value

$133,000$213,400

Median gross rent

$857$897

New Boston

Population

105197

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennington	New Boston
Under 5	12.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	32.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	58.9%
65 to 74	14.2%	0.0%
75 and over	2.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennington	New Boston
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennington	New Boston
No high school diploma	3.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.7%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	42.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	39.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennington	New Boston
Drove alone	78.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennington	New Boston
1-unit, detached	51.5%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	43.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	19.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bennington	New Boston
Poverty rate	9.6%	7.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	40	—
Median year structure built	1938	—