East Merrimack vs Hillsborough

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

East Merrimack and Hillsborough 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 1,582 in Hillsborough). East Merrimack has the higher median household income ($82,829 vs $64,417 in Hillsborough). East Merrimack has the higher median home value ($267,900 vs $197,500 in Hillsborough).

Population, income & housing

	East Merrimack	Hillsborough
Population	4,872	1,582
Median age	41.8 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,829	$64,417
Median home value	$267,900	$197,500
Median gross rent	$1,780	$963
Housing units	2,590	813
Homeownership rate	67.4%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Merrimack	Hillsborough
Population	4,449 → 4,872 (+9.5%)	1,716 → 1,582 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$50,475 → $82,829 (+64.1%)	$70,943 → $64,417 (-9.2%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $267,900 (+54.7%)	$153,100 → $197,500 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,780 (+35.8%)	$1,015 → $963 (-5.1%)

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

Hillsborough

Population

1,7161,582

Median household income

$70,943$64,417

Median home value

$153,100$197,500

Median gross rent

$1,015$963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Merrimack	Hillsborough
Under 5	3.7%	1.6%
5 to 17	10.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	3.5%
25 to 34	22.3%	18.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	7.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.7%	9.8%
75 and over	7.2%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Merrimack	Hillsborough
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Merrimack	Hillsborough
No high school diploma	6.4%	7.9%
High school graduate	22.5%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Merrimack	Hillsborough
Drove alone	72.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Merrimack	Hillsborough
1-unit, detached	18.2%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	32.9%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	19.7%	7.6%
20 or more units	23.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	East Merrimack	Hillsborough
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.9%
Average household size	1.92	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	24	39
Median year structure built	1984	1953