Derry vs Newmarket

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

Derry and Newmarket 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 5,730 in Newmarket). Derry has the higher median household income ($88,901 vs $83,871 in Newmarket). Newmarket has the higher median home value ($364,800 vs $356,700 in Derry).

Population, income & housing

	Derry	Newmarket
Population	21,668	5,730
Median age	39.7 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,901	$83,871
Median home value	$356,700	$364,800
Median gross rent	$1,473	$1,668
Housing units	9,652	2,938
Homeownership rate	59.0%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derry	Newmarket
Population	21,817 → 21,668 (-0.7%)	5,660 → 5,730 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$67,073 → $88,901 (+32.5%)	$68,500 → $83,871 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$225,600 → $356,700 (+58.1%)	$255,400 → $364,800 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,175 → $1,473 (+25.4%)	$1,278 → $1,668 (+30.5%)

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

Newmarket

Population

5,6605,730

Median household income

$68,500$83,871

Median home value

$255,400$364,800

Median gross rent

$1,278$1,668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derry	Newmarket
Under 5	5.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.3%	7.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	26.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	16.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.6%
75 and over	5.4%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derry	Newmarket
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derry	Newmarket
No high school diploma	7.7%	0.8%
High school graduate	30.0%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derry	Newmarket
Drove alone	68.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	12.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.6%
Walked	1.9%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	14.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derry	Newmarket
1-unit, detached	39.8%	26.9%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	17.5%
20 or more units	23.4%	28.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Derry	Newmarket
Poverty rate	5.1%	6.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1981	1982