Cheshire County vs Hillsborough County

A side-by-side comparison of Cheshire County and Hillsborough County: population, income, housing, and more.

Cheshire County and Hillsborough County are counties in New Hampshire. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hillsborough County has the higher population (424,732 vs 76,945 in Cheshire County). Hillsborough County has the higher median household income ($100,436 vs $81,001 in Cheshire County). Hillsborough County has the higher median home value ($385,500 vs $257,200 in Cheshire County).

Population, income & housing

	Cheshire County	Hillsborough County
Population	76,945	424,732
Median age	43.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,001	$100,436
Median home value	$257,200	$385,500
Median gross rent	$1,220	$1,532
Housing units	35,777	176,753
Homeownership rate	70.3%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheshire County	Hillsborough County
Population	76,042 → 76,945 (+1.2%)	413,035 → 424,732 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$64,751 → $81,001 (+25.1%)	$81,460 → $100,436 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$195,300 → $257,200 (+31.7%)	$274,800 → $385,500 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,220 (+28.6%)	$1,191 → $1,532 (+28.6%)

Cheshire County

Population

76,04276,945

Median household income

$64,751$81,001

Median home value

$195,300$257,200

Median gross rent

$949$1,220

Hillsborough County

Population

413,035424,732

Median household income

$81,460$100,436

Median home value

$274,800$385,500

Median gross rent

$1,191$1,532

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheshire County	Hillsborough County
Under 5	4.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.1%
75 and over	8.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheshire County	Hillsborough County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheshire County	Hillsborough County
No high school diploma	6.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	31.4%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheshire County	Hillsborough County
Drove alone	77.2%	72.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	2.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.3%	16.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheshire County	Hillsborough County
1-unit, detached	69.5%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	9.1%
20 or more units	5.0%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheshire County	Hillsborough County
Poverty rate	8.9%	6.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1972	1977