East Merrimack vs Peterborough

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

East Merrimack and Peterborough 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 2,343 in Peterborough). East Merrimack has the higher median household income ($82,829 vs $81,836 in Peterborough). Peterborough has the higher median home value ($323,700 vs $267,900 in East Merrimack).

Population, income & housing

	East Merrimack	Peterborough
Population	4,872	2,343
Median age	41.8 yrs	59.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,829	$81,836
Median home value	$267,900	$323,700
Median gross rent	$1,780	$1,310
Housing units	2,590	1,580
Homeownership rate	67.4%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	53.9%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Merrimack	Peterborough
Population	4,449 → 4,872 (+9.5%)	2,971 → 2,343 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$50,475 → $82,829 (+64.1%)	$60,324 → $81,836 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $267,900 (+54.7%)	$224,700 → $323,700 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,780 (+35.8%)	$870 → $1,310 (+50.6%)

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

Peterborough

Population

2,9712,343

Median household income

$60,324$81,836

Median home value

$224,700$323,700

Median gross rent

$870$1,310

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Merrimack	Peterborough
Under 5	3.7%	0.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	7.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	2.4%
25 to 34	22.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	17.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	15.7%
75 and over	7.2%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Merrimack	Peterborough
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Merrimack	Peterborough
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	22.5%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Merrimack	Peterborough
Drove alone	72.5%	80.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	0.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	15.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Merrimack	Peterborough
1-unit, detached	18.2%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	32.9%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	20.4%
5 to 19 units	19.7%	17.0%
20 or more units	23.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Merrimack	Peterborough
Poverty rate	6.9%	8.1%
Average household size	1.92	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1984	1956