Cheshire County vs Rockingham County

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

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

Rockingham County has the higher population (317,163 vs 76,945 in Cheshire County). Rockingham County has the higher median household income ($113,927 vs $81,001 in Cheshire County). Rockingham County has the higher median home value ($461,400 vs $257,200 in Cheshire County).

Population, income & housing

	Cheshire County	Rockingham County
Population	76,945	317,163
Median age	43.5 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,001	$113,927
Median home value	$257,200	$461,400
Median gross rent	$1,220	$1,619
Housing units	35,777	136,681
Homeownership rate	70.3%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheshire County	Rockingham County
Population	76,042 → 76,945 (+1.2%)	306,359 → 317,163 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$64,751 → $81,001 (+25.1%)	$93,756 → $113,927 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$195,300 → $257,200 (+31.7%)	$326,300 → $461,400 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,220 (+28.6%)	$1,228 → $1,619 (+31.8%)

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

Rockingham County

Population

306,359317,163

Median household income

$93,756$113,927

Median home value

$326,300$461,400

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,619

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheshire County	Rockingham County
Under 5	4.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	12.1%
75 and over	8.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheshire County	Rockingham County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheshire County	Rockingham County
No high school diploma	6.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheshire County	Rockingham County
Drove alone	77.2%	73.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	2.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.3%	17.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheshire County	Rockingham County
1-unit, detached	69.5%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	5.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Cheshire County	Rockingham County
Poverty rate	8.9%	4.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1972	1982