Pittsfield vs Suncook

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

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

Suncook has the higher population (5,075 vs 1,882 in Pittsfield). Suncook has the higher median household income ($73,109 vs $50,804 in Pittsfield). Suncook has the higher median home value ($307,700 vs $242,600 in Pittsfield).

Population, income & housing

	Pittsfield	Suncook
Population	1,882	5,075
Median age	45.2 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,804	$73,109
Median home value	$242,600	$307,700
Median gross rent	$1,167	$980
Housing units	1,009	2,341
Homeownership rate	40.2%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittsfield	Suncook
Population	1,615 → 1,882 (+16.5%)	4,888 → 5,075 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $50,804 (+3.3%)	$57,826 → $73,109 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$158,900 → $242,600 (+52.7%)	$183,100 → $307,700 (+68.1%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,167 (+34.8%)	$793 → $980 (+23.6%)

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

Suncook

Population

4,8885,075

Median household income

$57,826$73,109

Median home value

$183,100$307,700

Median gross rent

$793$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pittsfield	Suncook
Under 5	0.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	11.9%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	16.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	19.1%	13.3%
75 and over	6.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittsfield	Suncook
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittsfield	Suncook
No high school diploma	9.7%	8.8%
High school graduate	44.8%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittsfield	Suncook
Drove alone	74.6%	72.1%
Carpooled	18.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittsfield	Suncook
1-unit, detached	38.9%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	29.8%	23.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	18.6%
20 or more units	21.8%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Pittsfield	Suncook
Poverty rate	9.0%	14.0%
Average household size	2.04	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1941	1952