Contoocook vs Henniker

A side-by-side comparison of Contoocook and Henniker: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Henniker has the higher population (2,880 vs 1,370 in Contoocook). Contoocook has the higher median household income ($131,518 vs $73,339 in Henniker). Contoocook has the higher median home value ($399,400 vs $267,500 in Henniker).

Population, income & housing

	Contoocook	Henniker
Population	1,370	2,880
Median age	42.9 yrs	22.2 yrs
Median household income	$131,518	$73,339
Median home value	$399,400	$267,500
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,084
Housing units	557	1,025
Homeownership rate	84.0%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.1%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Contoocook	Henniker
Population	1,528 → 1,370 (-10.3%)	1,756 → 2,880 (+64.0%)
Median household income	$70,243 → $131,518 (+87.2%)	$69,674 → $73,339 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$245,200 → $399,400 (+62.9%)	$245,200 → $267,500 (+9.1%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,075 (+20.8%)	$770 → $1,084 (+40.8%)

Contoocook

Population

1,5281,370

Median household income

$70,243$131,518

Median home value

$245,200$399,400

Median gross rent

$890$1,075

Henniker

Population

1,7562,880

Median household income

$69,674$73,339

Median home value

$245,200$267,500

Median gross rent

$770$1,084

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Contoocook	Henniker
Under 5	6.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	6.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	46.1%
25 to 34	4.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	18.9%	1.1%
45 to 54	15.7%	4.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	4.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	18.6%
75 and over	4.4%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Contoocook	Henniker
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Contoocook	Henniker
No high school diploma	1.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	12.0%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	31.4%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Contoocook	Henniker
Drove alone	67.2%	69.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.1%	13.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Contoocook	Henniker
1-unit, detached	79.9%	39.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	28.7%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	15.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Contoocook	Henniker
Poverty rate	2.0%	19.2%
Average household size	2.68	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1941	1972