Durham is a city of 10,681 people in New Hampshire. This skews young, with a median age of 20.1. This is an unusually credentialed place: 75% of adults have a four-year degree. People stay put here: 46% were in the same home a year ago. Few US cities rank higher on income. Owners hold 54% of the housing stock.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $112,070, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 20.1
US median: 38.9
More educated
75% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 56%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Durham
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate29.5% → 12.4%(−17.1 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median household income (2024 dollars)$65,839 → $112,070(+70%)US over the same years: +14%
Homes owned by their occupants41.8% → 53.6%(+11.8 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Durham's population equals 8.1% of Strafford County's. Its number of veterans equals 3.0% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 7.6% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)1.3%(3)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)3.4%(8)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era66.7%(156)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War12.4%(29)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.4%(1)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 234 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Durham, decade by decade
Durham population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
9,236
$65,839
$396,731
67.8%
9.2
2000
9,024
$54,723
$318,607
73.3%
18.0
2010
10,345
$79,259
$438,045
85.6%
19.9
2020
11,147
$74,959
$452,212
80.0%
38.1
2024
10,681
$112,070
$498,000
75.4%
31.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
