Exeter vs Newmarket

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

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

Exeter has the higher population (10,138 vs 5,730 in Newmarket). Newmarket has the higher median household income ($83,871 vs $83,862 in Exeter). Newmarket has the higher median home value ($364,800 vs $349,300 in Exeter).

Population, income & housing

	Exeter	Newmarket
Population	10,138	5,730
Median age	44.2 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,862	$83,871
Median home value	$349,300	$364,800
Median gross rent	$1,569	$1,668
Housing units	5,015	2,938
Homeownership rate	59.8%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Exeter	Newmarket
Population	9,244 → 10,138 (+9.7%)	5,660 → 5,730 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$69,575 → $83,862 (+20.5%)	$68,500 → $83,871 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$236,100 → $349,300 (+47.9%)	$255,400 → $364,800 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,224 → $1,569 (+28.2%)	$1,278 → $1,668 (+30.5%)

Exeter

Population

9,24410,138

Median household income

$69,575$83,862

Median home value

$236,100$349,300

Median gross rent

$1,224$1,569

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)

	Exeter	Newmarket
Under 5	3.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.2%	7.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.1%	26.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.6%
75 and over	9.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Exeter	Newmarket
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	88.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Exeter	Newmarket
No high school diploma	1.5%	0.8%
High school graduate	20.5%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Exeter	Newmarket
Drove alone	72.8%	75.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.3%	5.6%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	14.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Exeter	Newmarket
1-unit, detached	35.6%	26.9%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	21.7%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	17.5%
20 or more units	10.6%	28.7%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Exeter	Newmarket
Poverty rate	6.9%	6.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1968	1982