Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Merrimack town, Hillsborough County, NH

27,656 Population
32.6 square miles 848.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

41.6 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Hillsborough County: 41 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.2 ±0.1

Economics

$56,707 ±$3,309 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hillsborough County: $52,243 ±$733
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $50,867 ±$515
$129,302 ±$7,695 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hillsborough County: $100,436 ±$1,773
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Hampshire: $95,628 ±$1,073

3.4% ±1.5% (943  ±403) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Hillsborough County: 6.5% 27,126 (±0.5% / ±2,210)
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 7.2% 96,457 (±0.2% / ±3,080)

26.7 minutes ±1.6 (340,605  ±30,593) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Hillsborough County: 27.1 5,340,240 (±0.5 / ±115,072)
  • about the same as the figure in New Hampshire: 26.8 16,615,880 (±0.3 / ±208,159)

Families

10,436 ±448 Number of households
  • Hillsborough County: 167,732 ±860
  • New Hampshire: 551,186 ±2,292
2.6 ±0.1 (27,502  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hillsborough County: 2.5 416,335 (±0 / ±154)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,346,748

6% ±3.1% (345  ±178) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hillsborough County: 4.5% † 4,343 (±0.5% / ±474)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Hampshire: 4.4% 13,224 (±0.3% / ±861)

Housing

10,639 ±427 Number of housing units
  • Hillsborough County: 176,753 ±199
  • New Hampshire: 644,253 ±255

$407,400 ±$17,339 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Hillsborough County: $385,500 ±$4,556
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $367,200 ±$2,362

6.6% ±2% (1,809  ±539.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hillsborough County: 11.4% 48,065 (±0.7% / ±2,970)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 11.3% 154,971 (±0.3% / ±4,521.1)

Social

96.3% ±4.6% (18,983  ±1,076.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hillsborough County: 93% 283,597 (±1.3% / ±3,868.3)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 94.1% 949,225 (±0.7% / ±6,911.3)
49% ±3.4% (9,657  ±737.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hillsborough County: 40.6% 123,888 (±0.9% / ±2,619.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 39.8% 401,838 (±0.5% / ±4,590)

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

7% ±1.5% (1,939  ±427) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hillsborough County: 10.4% 44,184
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 6.2% 86,095

7.8% ±1.3% (1,673  ±271) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hillsborough County: 7.1% 24,099 (±0.4% / ±1,190)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 7.9% 89,294 (±0.2% / ±2,249)
1,673 Total veterans ±271 1,531 Male ±274 142 Female ±98

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.