AreaProfile

New Hampshire Area Profiles

15 published city profiles across New Hampshire, each built from the same authoritative sources and compared on the same terms.

Statewide signals

OpportunityTop 1% of 51 states84
GrowthTop 22% of 51 states63
Housing affordabilityTop 48% of 51 states88
Climate36th of 51 states58
Physical resilience27th of 51 states52
Access28th of 51 states68
Economic stabilityTop 22% of 51 states71

Cities

15 published profiles across 6 areas

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

8 cities

CityCountyPopulationArea Score
DoverStrafford County33,36472
RochesterStrafford County33,14467
PortsmouthRockingham County22,54574
DerryRockingham County21,339—
LondonderryRockingham County12,225—
SomersworthStrafford County12,11162
DurhamStrafford County10,681—
HamptonRockingham County10,101—

Manchester-Nashua, NH

2 cities

CityCountyPopulationArea Score
ManchesterHillsborough County115,64358
NashuaHillsborough County91,29465

Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT

2 cities

CityCountyPopulationArea Score
LebanonGrafton County14,99970
ClaremontSullivan County13,07855

Concord, NH

1 city

CityCountyPopulationArea Score
ConcordMerrimack County44,37566

Keene, NH

1 city

CityCountyPopulationArea Score
KeeneCheshire County22,93957

Laconia, NH

1 city

CityCountyPopulationArea Score
LaconiaBelknap County17,08564

Strongest opportunity

  1. Lebanon 90
  2. Durham 86
  3. Portsmouth 86
  4. Dover 85
  5. Londonderry 85

Fastest development

  1. Lebanon 81
  2. Portsmouth 78
  3. Laconia 76
  4. Concord 67
  5. Dover 59

Statewide physical risk

Ice stormModerate
Inland floodingModerate
HurricaneElevated
LightningModerate
LandslideModerate
EarthquakeElevated
Heat waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: winter weather, strong wind, tornado, cold wave, drought, wildfire, hail, coastal flooding, avalanche.

Population-weighted across every county in New Hampshire, derived from the FEMA National Risk Index. Exposure varies substantially within a state — check the individual city and ZIP profiles.

Statewide data

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Average household size ±0.012.44Bottom 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Households ±2,236555,822Bottom 20%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median age ±0.143.3Top 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Population1,394,868Bottom 20%2024 ACS 5-Year
Population density156/sq miTop 43%2024 ACS 5-Year
Home price to income4.06Top 41%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate72.8%Top 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±247648,472Bottom 20%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$15$1,491Top 29%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$2,808$402,500Top 27%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income18.1%Bottom 25%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate14.3%Top 18%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income ±$1,123$99,031Top 12%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$540$52,798Top 12%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate7.2%Bottom 1%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute28.5 minTop 25%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher40.6%Top 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment762,272Bottom 24%July 2026
Employment change (3 years)1.2%Top 30%July 2026
Employment change (year over year)0.4%Top 24%July 2026
Labor force783,519Bottom 24%July 2026
Labor force participation66.3%Top 24%2024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)-0.5%Bottom 22%July 2026
Unemployment rate2.7%Bottom 8%July 2026

Counties in New Hampshire

8 published

Some measures are published by county and nowhere finer — death rates by intent among them. On a county page those describe the geography they are printed on.

Hillsborough County, NH
426,378 residents · 1.3 homicide deaths per 100k
Rockingham County, NH
319,082 residents · 1.0 homicide deaths per 100k
Merrimack County, NH
155,967 residents · 1.4 homicide deaths per 100k
Strafford County, NH
132,575 residents · 1.8 homicide deaths per 100k
Grafton County, NH
92,120 residents · 2.2 homicide deaths per 100k
Cheshire County, NH
77,297 residents · 0.0 homicide deaths per 100k
Belknap County, NH
64,659 residents · 2.0 homicide deaths per 100k
Sullivan County, NH
43,715 residents · 0.0 homicide deaths per 100k