Derry vs Londonderry

A side-by-side comparison of Derry and Londonderry: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Derry has the higher population (21,668 vs 12,307 in Londonderry). Londonderry has the higher median household income ($113,109 vs $88,901 in Derry). Londonderry has the higher median home value ($433,100 vs $356,700 in Derry).

Population, income & housing

	Derry	Londonderry
Population	21,668	12,307
Median age	39.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,901	$113,109
Median home value	$356,700	$433,100
Median gross rent	$1,473	$1,917
Housing units	9,652	4,634
Homeownership rate	59.0%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derry	Londonderry
Population	21,817 → 21,668 (-0.7%)	11,841 → 12,307 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$67,073 → $88,901 (+32.5%)	$97,596 → $113,109 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$225,600 → $356,700 (+58.1%)	$310,200 → $433,100 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,175 → $1,473 (+25.4%)	$1,459 → $1,917 (+31.4%)

Derry

Population

21,81721,668

Median household income

$67,073$88,901

Median home value

$225,600$356,700

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,473

Londonderry

Population

11,84112,307

Median household income

$97,596$113,109

Median home value

$310,200$433,100

Median gross rent

$1,459$1,917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derry	Londonderry
Under 5	5.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	12.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.2%
75 and over	5.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derry	Londonderry
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derry	Londonderry
No high school diploma	7.7%	3.4%
High school graduate	30.0%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derry	Londonderry
Drove alone	68.7%	73.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	7.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	1.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	16.8%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derry	Londonderry
1-unit, detached	39.8%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	18.2%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	12.1%
20 or more units	23.4%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Derry	Londonderry
Poverty rate	5.1%	2.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1981	1983