Durham vs Farmington

A side-by-side comparison of Durham and Farmington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Durham has the higher population (10,577 vs 3,753 in Farmington). Durham has the higher median household income ($109,934 vs $51,094 in Farmington). Durham has the higher median home value ($451,000 vs $215,100 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Durham	Farmington
Population	10,577	3,753
Median age	20.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,934	$51,094
Median home value	$451,000	$215,100
Median gross rent	$1,338	$957
Housing units	2,088	1,765
Homeownership rate	54.9%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.9%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durham	Farmington
Population	11,159 → 10,577 (-5.2%)	4,477 → 3,753 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$53,523 → $109,934 (+105.4%)	$56,000 → $51,094 (-8.8%)
Median home value	$348,500 → $451,000 (+29.4%)	$165,400 → $215,100 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,338 (+42.0%)	$989 → $957 (-3.2%)

Durham

Population

11,15910,577

Median household income

$53,523$109,934

Median home value

$348,500$451,000

Median gross rent

$942$1,338

Farmington

Population

4,4773,753

Median household income

$56,000$51,094

Median home value

$165,400$215,100

Median gross rent

$989$957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Durham	Farmington
Under 5	0.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	5.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	74.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	3.8%	18.6%
35 to 44	3.2%	6.2%
45 to 54	3.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	3.3%	28.6%
65 to 74	3.1%	5.2%
75 and over	3.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durham	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durham	Farmington
No high school diploma	2.1%	16.1%
High school graduate	8.8%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	37.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durham	Farmington
Drove alone	42.0%	80.9%
Carpooled	2.9%	6.9%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	35.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	10.1%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durham	Farmington
1-unit, detached	39.6%	52.7%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	18.8%
20 or more units	26.1%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Durham	Farmington
Poverty rate	14.5%	12.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	29
Median year structure built	1971	1958