Epping vs Newmarket

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

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

Newmarket has the higher population (5,730 vs 2,808 in Epping). Newmarket has the higher median household income ($83,871 vs $80,987 in Epping). Newmarket has the higher median home value ($364,800 vs $334,700 in Epping).

Population, income & housing

	Epping	Newmarket
Population	2,808	5,730
Median age	42.8 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,987	$83,871
Median home value	$334,700	$364,800
Median gross rent	$1,877	$1,668
Housing units	1,256	2,938
Homeownership rate	76.7%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Epping	Newmarket
Population	1,889 → 2,808 (+48.7%)	5,660 → 5,730 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $80,987 (+30.9%)	$68,500 → $83,871 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$199,700 → $334,700 (+67.6%)	$255,400 → $364,800 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,242 → $1,877 (+51.1%)	$1,278 → $1,668 (+30.5%)

Epping

Population

1,8892,808

Median household income

$61,875$80,987

Median home value

$199,700$334,700

Median gross rent

$1,242$1,877

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)

	Epping	Newmarket
Under 5	8.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	8.0%	7.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.3%	26.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	18.6%	10.6%
75 and over	6.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Epping	Newmarket
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Epping	Newmarket
No high school diploma	10.4%	0.8%
High school graduate	39.8%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Epping	Newmarket
Drove alone	76.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.7%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	14.2%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Epping	Newmarket
1-unit, detached	67.1%	26.9%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	17.5%
20 or more units	1.3%	28.7%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Epping	Newmarket
Poverty rate	6.5%	6.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1984	1982