East Merrimack vs Milford

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

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

Milford has the higher population (8,857 vs 4,872 in East Merrimack). East Merrimack has the higher median household income ($82,829 vs $81,042 in Milford). Milford has the higher median home value ($337,900 vs $267,900 in East Merrimack).

Population, income & housing

	East Merrimack	Milford
Population	4,872	8,857
Median age	41.8 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,829	$81,042
Median home value	$267,900	$337,900
Median gross rent	$1,780	$1,388
Housing units	2,590	3,933
Homeownership rate	67.4%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Merrimack	Milford
Population	4,449 → 4,872 (+9.5%)	8,892 → 8,857 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$50,475 → $82,829 (+64.1%)	$73,772 → $81,042 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $267,900 (+54.7%)	$233,800 → $337,900 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,780 (+35.8%)	$1,198 → $1,388 (+15.9%)

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

Milford

Population

8,8928,857

Median household income

$73,772$81,042

Median home value

$233,800$337,900

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,388

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Merrimack	Milford
Under 5	3.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	10.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	22.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	9.7%
65 to 74	13.7%	10.2%
75 and over	7.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Merrimack	Milford
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Merrimack	Milford
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	22.5%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Merrimack	Milford
Drove alone	72.5%	77.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Merrimack	Milford
1-unit, detached	18.2%	45.0%
1-unit, attached	32.9%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	19.7%	8.1%
20 or more units	23.0%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	East Merrimack	Milford
Poverty rate	6.9%	6.2%
Average household size	1.92	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1984	1977