Henniker vs Pittsfield

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

Henniker and Pittsfield 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 1,882 in Pittsfield). Henniker has the higher median household income ($73,339 vs $50,804 in Pittsfield). Henniker has the higher median home value ($267,500 vs $242,600 in Pittsfield).

Population, income & housing

	Henniker	Pittsfield
Population	2,880	1,882
Median age	22.2 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,339	$50,804
Median home value	$267,500	$242,600
Median gross rent	$1,084	$1,167
Housing units	1,025	1,009
Homeownership rate	44.3%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henniker	Pittsfield
Population	1,756 → 2,880 (+64.0%)	1,615 → 1,882 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$69,674 → $73,339 (+5.3%)	$49,167 → $50,804 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$245,200 → $267,500 (+9.1%)	$158,900 → $242,600 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $1,084 (+40.8%)	$866 → $1,167 (+34.8%)

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

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)

	Henniker	Pittsfield
Under 5	5.6%	0.9%
5 to 17	6.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	46.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	1.1%	16.4%
45 to 54	4.4%	9.4%
55 to 64	4.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	18.6%	19.1%
75 and over	1.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henniker	Pittsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	96.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henniker	Pittsfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	19.3%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	56.3%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henniker	Pittsfield
Drove alone	69.6%	74.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henniker	Pittsfield
1-unit, detached	39.2%	38.9%
1-unit, attached	16.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	28.7%	29.8%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Henniker	Pittsfield
Poverty rate	19.2%	9.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1972	1941