Claremont vs Plainfield

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

Claremont and Plainfield 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 237 in Plainfield). Plainfield has the higher median household income ($105,750 vs $54,520 in Claremont). Plainfield has the higher median home value ($353,600 vs $171,900 in Claremont).

Population, income & housing

	Claremont	Plainfield
Population	13,054	237
Median age	42.8 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,520	$105,750
Median home value	$171,900	$353,600
Median gross rent	$1,077	$1,721
Housing units	5,715	79
Homeownership rate	57.1%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claremont	Plainfield
Population	12,977 → 13,054 (+0.6%)	249 → 237 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$47,649 → $54,520 (+14.4%)	$85,278 → $105,750 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $171,900 (+28.8%)	$213,600 → $353,600 (+65.5%)
Median gross rent	$982 → $1,077 (+9.7%)	$1,567 → $1,721 (+9.8%)

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

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)

	Claremont	Plainfield
Under 5	4.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.9%
65 to 74	13.7%	8.0%
75 and over	5.9%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claremont	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claremont	Plainfield
No high school diploma	13.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.1%	57.0%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claremont	Plainfield
Drove alone	77.9%	86.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	5.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claremont	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	48.3%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	20.3%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Claremont	Plainfield
Poverty rate	15.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.63	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1956	1952