Hooksett vs Pittsfield

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

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

Hooksett has the higher population (5,362 vs 1,882 in Pittsfield). Hooksett has the higher median household income ($91,005 vs $50,804 in Pittsfield). Hooksett has the higher median home value ($298,900 vs $242,600 in Pittsfield).

Population, income & housing

	Hooksett	Pittsfield
Population	5,362	1,882
Median age	41.9 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$91,005	$50,804
Median home value	$298,900	$242,600
Median gross rent	$1,829	$1,167
Housing units	2,466	1,009
Homeownership rate	67.7%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hooksett	Pittsfield
Population	5,355 → 5,362 (+0.1%)	1,615 → 1,882 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$76,466 → $91,005 (+19.0%)	$49,167 → $50,804 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$221,200 → $298,900 (+35.1%)	$158,900 → $242,600 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,565 → $1,829 (+16.9%)	$866 → $1,167 (+34.8%)

Hooksett

Population

5,3555,362

Median household income

$76,466$91,005

Median home value

$221,200$298,900

Median gross rent

$1,565$1,829

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)

	Hooksett	Pittsfield
Under 5	4.2%	0.9%
5 to 17	9.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	11.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.4%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	19.1%
75 and over	7.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hooksett	Pittsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hooksett	Pittsfield
No high school diploma	2.8%	9.7%
High school graduate	26.1%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hooksett	Pittsfield
Drove alone	73.2%	74.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	2.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hooksett	Pittsfield
1-unit, detached	36.1%	38.9%
1-unit, attached	21.8%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	29.8%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	5.7%
20 or more units	13.8%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hooksett	Pittsfield
Poverty rate	4.3%	9.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1987	1941