Charlestown vs Plainfield

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

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

Charlestown has the higher population (879 vs 237 in Plainfield). Plainfield has the higher median home value ($353,600 vs $92,500 in Charlestown). Since 2019, Plainfield's population has grown faster (-4.8% vs -17.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Charlestown	Plainfield
Population	879	237
Median age	38.8 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$105,750
Median home value	$92,500	$353,600
Median gross rent	$1,147	$1,721
Housing units	569	79
Homeownership rate	58.1%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlestown	Plainfield
Population	1,065 → 879 (-17.5%)	249 → 237 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$75,778 → $72,540 (-4.3%)	$85,278 → $105,750 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $92,500 (-28.9%)	$213,600 → $353,600 (+65.5%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,147 (+18.4%)	$1,567 → $1,721 (+9.8%)

Charlestown

Population

1,065879

Median household income

$75,778$72,540

Median home value

$130,100$92,500

Median gross rent

$969$1,147

Plainfield

Population

249237

Median household income

$85,278$105,750

Median home value

$213,600$353,600

Median gross rent

$1,567$1,721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlestown	Plainfield
Under 5	8.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	3.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.1%	8.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	16.9%
65 to 74	19.0%	8.0%
75 and over	3.0%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlestown	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlestown	Plainfield
No high school diploma	9.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.7%	57.0%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlestown	Plainfield
Drove alone	56.9%	86.5%
Carpooled	24.3%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlestown	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	65.7%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Charlestown	Plainfield
Poverty rate	32.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.22	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1938	1952