East Merrimack vs Goffstown

A side-by-side comparison of East Merrimack and Goffstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Merrimack has the higher population (4,872 vs 3,127 in Goffstown). Goffstown has the higher median household income ($133,657 vs $82,829 in East Merrimack). Goffstown has the higher median home value ($385,000 vs $267,900 in East Merrimack).

Population, income & housing

	East Merrimack	Goffstown
Population	4,872	3,127
Median age	41.8 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,829	$133,657
Median home value	$267,900	$385,000
Median gross rent	$1,780	$1,222
Housing units	2,590	1,132
Homeownership rate	67.4%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Merrimack	Goffstown
Population	4,449 → 4,872 (+9.5%)	2,541 → 3,127 (+23.1%)
Median household income	$50,475 → $82,829 (+64.1%)	$83,485 → $133,657 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $267,900 (+54.7%)	$237,400 → $385,000 (+62.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,780 (+35.8%)	$891 → $1,222 (+37.1%)

East Merrimack

Population

4,4494,872

Median household income

$50,475$82,829

Median home value

$173,200$267,900

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,780

Goffstown

Population

2,5413,127

Median household income

$83,485$133,657

Median home value

$237,400$385,000

Median gross rent

$891$1,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Merrimack	Goffstown
Under 5	3.7%	9.8%
5 to 17	10.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	22.3%	26.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	7.5%
75 and over	7.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Merrimack	Goffstown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Merrimack	Goffstown
No high school diploma	6.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	22.5%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Merrimack	Goffstown
Drove alone	72.5%	83.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	3.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	18.4%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Merrimack	Goffstown
1-unit, detached	18.2%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	32.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	19.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	23.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Merrimack	Goffstown
Poverty rate	6.9%	2.4%
Average household size	1.92	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1984	1969