Contoocook vs Loudon

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

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

Contoocook has the higher population (1,370 vs 648 in Loudon). Contoocook has the higher median household income ($131,518 vs $100,791 in Loudon). Loudon has the higher median home value ($402,200 vs $399,400 in Contoocook).

Population, income & housing

	Contoocook	Loudon
Population	1,370	648
Median age	42.9 yrs	72.8 yrs
Median household income	$131,518	$100,791
Median home value	$399,400	$402,200
Median gross rent	$1,075	—
Housing units	557	373
Homeownership rate	84.0%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.1%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Contoocook	Loudon
Population	1,528 → 1,370 (-10.3%)	770 → 648 (-15.8%)
Median household income	$70,243 → $131,518 (+87.2%)	$72,014 → $100,791 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$245,200 → $399,400 (+62.9%)	$240,800 → $402,200 (+67.0%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,075 (+20.8%)	$518 → $489 (-5.6%)

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

Loudon

Population

770648

Median household income

$72,014$100,791

Median home value

$240,800$402,200

Median gross rent

$518$489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Contoocook	Loudon
Under 5	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	4.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	18.9%	4.6%
45 to 54	15.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.4%	37.2%
75 and over	4.4%	29.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Contoocook	Loudon
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Contoocook	Loudon
No high school diploma	1.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	12.0%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.4%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Contoocook	Loudon
Drove alone	67.2%	63.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.1%	36.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Contoocook	Loudon
1-unit, detached	79.9%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.2%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Contoocook	Loudon
Poverty rate	2.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.68	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1941	2009