Charlestown vs Claremont

A side-by-side comparison of Charlestown and Claremont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Claremont has the higher population (13,054 vs 879 in Charlestown). Claremont has the higher median home value ($171,900 vs $92,500 in Charlestown). Since 2019, Claremont's population has grown faster (+0.6% vs -17.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Claremont
Population	879	13,054
Median age	38.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$54,520
Median home value	$92,500	$171,900
Median gross rent	$1,147	$1,077
Housing units	569	5,715
Homeownership rate	58.1%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Claremont
Population	1,065 → 879 (-17.5%)	12,977 → 13,054 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$75,778 → $72,540 (-4.3%)	$47,649 → $54,520 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $92,500 (-28.9%)	$133,500 → $171,900 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,147 (+18.4%)	$982 → $1,077 (+9.7%)

Charlestown

Population

1,065879

Median household income

$75,778$72,540

Median home value

$130,100$92,500

Median gross rent

$969$1,147

Claremont

Population

12,97713,054

Median household income

$47,649$54,520

Median home value

$133,500$171,900

Median gross rent

$982$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Claremont
Under 5	8.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	3.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	3.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	19.0%	13.7%
75 and over	3.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Claremont
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Claremont
No high school diploma	9.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	40.7%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Claremont
Drove alone	56.9%	77.9%
Carpooled	24.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.9%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Claremont
1-unit, detached	65.7%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Claremont
Poverty rate	32.3%	15.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1938	1956