Francestown vs New Boston

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

Francestown 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.

New Boston has the higher population (197 vs 137 in Francestown). Since 2019, New Boston's population has grown faster (+87.6% vs +16.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Francestown	New Boston
Population	137	197
Median age	65.6 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$112,188	—
Median home value	$361,400	—
Housing units	80	66
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.9%	82.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	38.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Francestown	New Boston
Population	118 → 137 (+16.1%)	105 → 197 (+87.6%)
Median household income	$103,333 → $112,188 (+8.6%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$286,700 → $361,400 (+26.1%)	—

Francestown

Population

118137

Median household income

$103,333$112,188

Median home value

$286,700$361,400

New Boston

Population

105197

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Francestown	New Boston
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.5%	32.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	6.6%	58.9%
65 to 74	19.7%	0.0%
75 and over	32.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Francestown	New Boston
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Francestown	New Boston
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	2.5%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	42.1%
Graduate or professional degree	32.8%	39.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Francestown	New Boston
Drove alone	80.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Francestown	New Boston
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Francestown	New Boston
Poverty rate	6.6%	7.2%
Average household size	1.99	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	51	—
Median year structure built	1938	—