Center Ossipee vs Wolfeboro

A side-by-side comparison of Center Ossipee and Wolfeboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Center Ossipee and Wolfeboro are places in New Hampshire. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wolfeboro has the higher population (2,420 vs 500 in Center Ossipee). Wolfeboro has the higher median household income ($50,721 vs $43,929 in Center Ossipee). Wolfeboro has the higher median home value ($363,200 vs $240,000 in Center Ossipee).

Population, income & housing

	Center Ossipee	Wolfeboro
Population	500	2,420
Median age	33.7 yrs	64.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,929	$50,721
Median home value	$240,000	$363,200
Median gross rent	$1,551	$1,111
Housing units	320	1,865
Homeownership rate	33.3%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Ossipee	Wolfeboro
Population	522 → 500 (-4.2%)	2,845 → 2,420 (-14.9%)
Median household income	$24,575 → $43,929 (+78.8%)	$43,802 → $50,721 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $240,000 (+140.5%)	$327,500 → $363,200 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$422 → $1,551 (+267.5%)	$835 → $1,111 (+33.1%)

Center Ossipee

Population

522500

Median household income

$24,575$43,929

Median home value

$99,800$240,000

Median gross rent

$422$1,551

Wolfeboro

Population

2,8452,420

Median household income

$43,802$50,721

Median home value

$327,500$363,200

Median gross rent

$835$1,111

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Ossipee	Wolfeboro
Under 5	1.6%	0.6%
5 to 17	37.6%	12.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	2.4%
35 to 44	20.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	16.0%	6.7%
55 to 64	0.8%	17.4%
65 to 74	6.2%	22.2%
75 and over	3.6%	27.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Ossipee	Wolfeboro
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Ossipee	Wolfeboro
No high school diploma	30.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	3.6%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	57.2%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Ossipee	Wolfeboro
Drove alone	100.0%	65.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Ossipee	Wolfeboro
1-unit, detached	29.4%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	52.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	9.7%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Center Ossipee	Wolfeboro
Poverty rate	16.6%	13.5%
Average household size	2.32	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1973	1983