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Chesterville vs Cornish vs Epping

Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against the U.S..

What stands out worked out from the figures below

Chesterville has the most kids (31.3% under 18).
Cornish has the most renters (20.8% rent).
Epping has the most people working from home (24%).

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Pick a few. We’ll pull those rows to the top and mark which town comes out ahead on each. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

MeasureChestervilleCornishEpping
People
Population
1,397
1,024Lowest
7,430Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census
-1.8%Lowest
U.S.: +7.4%
—
+11.1%Highest
U.S.: +7.4%
Median age
37.8±4Lowest
about the U.S. average
39.2±13.3
about the U.S. average
45.1±3.5Highest
16% above U.S.
Epping and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18
31.3%±6.6Highest
U.S.: 22%
10.5%±5.5Lowest
U.S.: 22%
18.7%±4.8
U.S.: 22%
Age 65+
15%±3Lowest
U.S.: 17.2%
15.2%±6.8
U.S.: 17.2%
22.6%±5.2Highest
U.S.: 17.2%
Epping and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+
20.4%
U.S.: 35.7%
16.1%Lowest
U.S.: 35.7%
37%Highest
U.S.: 35.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents
2.3%±2
U.S.: 6.4%
2.1%±1.9Lowest
U.S.: 6.4%
5.1%±3.3Highest
U.S.: 6.4%
Epping and Chesterville are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian
$61,635±$10kLowest
24% below U.S.
$68,686±$2k
15% below U.S.
$104,220±$7kHighest
29% above U.S.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied
$214,000±$40kLowest
36% below U.S.
—
$436,900±$35kHighest
31% above U.S.
Rentmedian gross, monthly
$1,088±$73Lowest
23% below U.S.
$1,135±$141
20% below U.S.
$1,742±$576Highest
23% above U.S.
Epping and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly
$2,194
30% below U.S.
$1,925Lowest
38% below U.S.
$6,936Highest
122% above U.S.
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent
21.8%±30.8Lowest
U.S.: 51.1%
31%±22.9
U.S.: 51.1%
67.8%±25.9Highest
U.S.: 51.1%
Epping and Cornish are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line
12%Highest
U.S.: 12.5%
8.3%
U.S.: 12.5%
4.7%Lowest
U.S.: 12.5%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes
86.4%Highest
U.S.: 65.2%
79.2%Lowest
U.S.: 65.2%
86.3%
U.S.: 65.2%
Typical home builtmedian year
1978
2 yrs older than U.S.
1958Lowest
22 yrs older than U.S.
1989Highest
9 yrs newer than U.S.
Getting to work
Average commuteone way
25 minLowest
5% below U.S.
32 min
20% above U.S.
32 minHighest
22% above U.S.
Work from home
7.1%±3.7Lowest
U.S.: 15.1%
7.4%±3.7
U.S.: 15.1%
24%±6.9Highest
U.S.: 15.1%
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading — — #77 of 120 in NH
School district — — Epping School District
High school in town — — Epping High School
Students per teacherat that high school — —
9.3
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U.S. average · Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024; 2010 & 2020 decennial census; NCES Common Core of Data. “±” is the Census margin of error. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. School rank compares math and reading proficiency against the state average.