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Bedford town, Hillsborough County, NH

23,746 Population
32.8 square miles 724.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hillsborough County: 41 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.3 ±0.1

Economics

$75,630 ±$5,846 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hillsborough County: $54,111 ±$895
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Hampshire: $52,798 ±$540
$167,418 ±$11,519 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Hillsborough County: $103,545 ±$1,737
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Hampshire: $99,031 ±$1,123

2.7% ±1.5% (614  ±356) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hillsborough County: 6.7% 28,204 (±0.5% / ±2,028)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.3% 98,248 (±0.3% / ±3,704)

25.3 minutes ±2.3 (225,085  ±25,971) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hillsborough County: 27.3 5,272,745 (±0.4 / ±110,532)
  • a little less than the figure in New Hampshire: 26.7 16,302,015 (±0.2 / ±193,854)

Families

8,176 ±388 Number of households
  • Hillsborough County: 168,740 ±1,106
  • New Hampshire: 555,822 ±2,236
2.8 ±0.1 (23,113  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hillsborough County: 2.5 417,974 (±0 / ±281)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,353,835

6.2% ±4.9% (306  ±243) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hillsborough County: 5% † 4,788 (±0.6% / ±567)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Hampshire: 4.6% 13,865 (±0.3% / ±851)

Housing

8,387 ±400 Number of housing units
  • Hillsborough County: 177,734 ±330
  • New Hampshire: 648,472 ±247

$612,100 ±$25,906 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Hillsborough County: $421,100 ±$3,833
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Hampshire: $402,500 ±$2,808

6.8% ±2.1% (1,599  ±487.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hillsborough County: 11.1% 46,931 (±0.7% / ±2,875.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Hampshire: 10.7% 147,877 (±0.4% / ±4,807)

Social

97.1% ±5.1% (16,019  ±1,075.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hillsborough County: 93.4% 287,474 (±1.3% / ±4,083.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 94.4% 962,216 (±0.7% / ±7,083.9)
63% ±4.7% (10,395  ±887.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hillsborough County: 41.5% 127,846 (±0.9% / ±2,709.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 40.7% 414,276 (±0.5% / ±4,552.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10% ±1.9% (2,383  ±451) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Hillsborough County: 10.3% 44,102
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 6.1% 85,632

5.2% ±1.5% (952  ±272) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hillsborough County: 6.9% 23,637 (±0.3% / ±999)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.6% 86,727 (±0.2% / ±1,890)
952 Total veterans ±272 906 Male ±267 46 Female ±44

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