Contoocook vs Pittsfield

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

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

Pittsfield has the higher population (1,882 vs 1,370 in Contoocook). Contoocook has the higher median household income ($131,518 vs $50,804 in Pittsfield). Contoocook has the higher median home value ($399,400 vs $242,600 in Pittsfield).

Population, income & housing

	Contoocook	Pittsfield
Population	1,370	1,882
Median age	42.9 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$131,518	$50,804
Median home value	$399,400	$242,600
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,167
Housing units	557	1,009
Homeownership rate	84.0%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.1%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Contoocook	Pittsfield
Population	1,528 → 1,370 (-10.3%)	1,615 → 1,882 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$70,243 → $131,518 (+87.2%)	$49,167 → $50,804 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$245,200 → $399,400 (+62.9%)	$158,900 → $242,600 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,075 (+20.8%)	$866 → $1,167 (+34.8%)

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

Pittsfield

Population

1,6151,882

Median household income

$49,167$50,804

Median home value

$158,900$242,600

Median gross rent

$866$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Contoocook	Pittsfield
Under 5	6.8%	0.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	4.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	18.9%	16.4%
45 to 54	15.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	19.1%
75 and over	4.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Contoocook	Pittsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	96.2%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Contoocook	Pittsfield
No high school diploma	1.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	12.0%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Contoocook	Pittsfield
Drove alone	67.2%	74.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.1%	2.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Contoocook	Pittsfield
1-unit, detached	79.9%	38.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	29.8%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Contoocook	Pittsfield
Poverty rate	2.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.68	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1941	1941