New London vs Pittsfield

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

New London 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 1,398 in New London). New London has the higher median household income ($85,938 vs $50,804 in Pittsfield). New London has the higher median home value ($365,800 vs $242,600 in Pittsfield).

Population, income & housing

	New London	Pittsfield
Population	1,398	1,882
Median age	21.7 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$85,938	$50,804
Median home value	$365,800	$242,600
Median gross rent	$1,558	$1,167
Housing units	326	1,009
Homeownership rate	61.2%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New London	Pittsfield
Population	1,415 → 1,398 (-1.2%)	1,615 → 1,882 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$73,958 → $85,938 (+16.2%)	$49,167 → $50,804 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$273,100 → $365,800 (+33.9%)	$158,900 → $242,600 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $1,558 (+89.3%)	$866 → $1,167 (+34.8%)

New London

Population

1,4151,398

Median household income

$73,958$85,938

Median home value

$273,100$365,800

Median gross rent

$823$1,558

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)

	New London	Pittsfield
Under 5	3.1%	0.9%
5 to 17	10.4%	13.3%
18 to 24	49.2%	4.6%
25 to 34	5.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	16.4%
45 to 54	6.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	1.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	19.1%
75 and over	8.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New London	Pittsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	96.2%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New London	Pittsfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	18.8%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	28.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New London	Pittsfield
Drove alone	55.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.2%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	2.7%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New London	Pittsfield
1-unit, detached	59.8%	38.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	29.8%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	19.9%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New London	Pittsfield
Poverty rate	9.6%	9.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1954	1941