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A regional job hub with 3,289 jobs. Home to 3,101 people, this town lies in New Hampshire.
Among 127 New Hampshire towns, just one has a lower owner-occupancy rate than Tilton Northfield. Buffalo Park, at 56 acres with 1.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. We don’t grade Tilton Northfield yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Tilton Northfield beats most towns.
Where Tilton Northfield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census counts: 2,420 in 1970, 3,324 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1905 and 3 maps from 1927 on.
Explore the history →Tilton Northfield is unincorporated, so Belknap County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 19, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Tilton Northfield.
The share of residents in Tilton Northfield who live below the poverty line is 11%, against 6.8% in New Hampshire’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Most working residents leave Tilton Northfield for work: only 10% work in town. Also worth knowing: in Tilton Northfield, the median household income is $67,000. The top destinations are Concord (15%), Tilton (13%) and Laconia (8%).
| Tilton Northfield | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $103,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 6.8% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Summer afternoons peak near 82° in July, and January nights bottom out around 11°; snowfall runs to about 62 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
18% of Tilton Northfield adults say their health is fair or poor. The share of adults in Tilton Northfield who feel lonely is 31%, above the New Hampshire town median (30%) but below the median of U.S. towns (33%).
| Tilton Northfield | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 33% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 19% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 78% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 20% | 25% |
| What stands out | Tilton Northfield | NH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.4% | 8.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.8% | 6.2% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 11.8% | 9.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On expected storm and flood damage, Tilton Northfield sits above 58% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 74% come from inland flooding and 7% from lightning.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Tilton Northfield, the concentration of trails is 1.0 miles per square mile. There are 3.3 miles of trail across 9 parks and preserves. Only 3 of the 127 New Hampshire towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Tilton Northfield.
| Tilton Northfield | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 4.3% | 18% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.0 miles per square mile | 1.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Buffalo Park | 1.2 mi | 56 |
| 2. Richard Smart Conservation Area | 0.7 mi | 24 |
| 3. Arch Park | 0.1 mi | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For Tilton Northfield, the going rate for rent is $998 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tilton Northfield. Close and well known come first.
17 mi LakeLake Winnipesaukee
8 mi MuseumCanterbury Shaker Village
36 mi Ski areaWaterville Valley Resort84 runs · 1,990 ft vertical
32 mi Stadium & arenaSNHU Arena
26 mi Ski areaMount Sunapee77 runs · 1,469 ft vertical13 mi Ski areaGunstock Recreation Area73 runs · 1,305 ft verticalLake Winnipesaukee: No machine-readable author provided. JohnJHenderson~commonswiki assumed (based o, Public domain · Canterbury Shaker Village: SayCheeeeeese, Public domain · Waterville Valley Resort: MConradWard, CC BY-SA 4.0 · SNHU Arena: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Mount Sunapee: User:Josephbrophy, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Tilton Northfield
About 5 of every 100 Tilton Northfield residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Hampshire.
Census-designated place in New Hampshire, United States
Tilton Northfield is a census-designated place (CDP) representing two adjacent villages in the towns of Tilton in Belknap County and Northfield in Merrimack County in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The CDP encompasses the town centers of both Tilton and Northfield, located on either side of the Winnipesaukee River. The population was 3,324 at the 2020 census.
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3 towns share a border with Tilton Northfield.
| Town | NH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilton Northfield | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tilton | #104 | C | B | D | C | B+ |
| Northfield | #86 | B− | B | B+ | C | B+ |
| Franklin | #102 | C | B− | B | D− | B+ |
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