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Allenstown town, Merrimack County, NH

4,727 Population
20.5 square miles 231 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Merrimack County: 42.6 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 43.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,755 ±$4,280 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Merrimack County: $47,056 ±$1,256
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Hampshire: $50,867 ±$515
$80,219 ±$18,095 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Merrimack County: $93,944 ±$2,418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $95,628 ±$1,073

12.2% ±6.5% (573  ±305) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Merrimack County: 7.1% † 10,586 (±0.7% / ±1,063)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 7.2% 96,457 (±0.2% / ±3,080)

24.6 minutes ±2.2 (55,270  ±8,577) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Merrimack County: 27 1,861,350 (±0.5 / ±53,861)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 26.8 16,615,880 (±0.3 / ±208,159)

Families

1,811 ±195 Number of households
  • Merrimack County: 60,445 ±478
  • New Hampshire: 551,186 ±2,292
2.6 ±0.3 (4,682  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Merrimack County: 2.5 148,702 (±0 / ±76)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,346,748

10.4% ±7.5% (114  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Merrimack County: 4.2% † 1,425 (±0.7% / ±241)
  • more than double the rate in New Hampshire: 4.4% 13,224 (±0.3% / ±861)

Housing

1,873 ±207 Number of housing units
  • Merrimack County: 66,080 ±121
  • New Hampshire: 644,253 ±255

$232,900 ±$50,152 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Merrimack County: $330,600 ±$5,292
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Hampshire: $367,200 ±$2,362

13.2% ±5.6% (615  ±262.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Merrimack County: 10.4% 16,041 (±0.9% / ±1,357.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 11.3% 154,971 (±0.3% / ±4,521.1)

Social

86.3% ±8.4% (2,796  ±366.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Merrimack County: 93.7% 105,019 (±1.9% / ±2,161.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 94.1% 949,225 (±0.7% / ±6,911.3)
17.9% ±3.9% (581  ±134.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Merrimack County: 38.1% 42,673 (±1.2% / ±1,352.3)
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 39.8% 401,838 (±0.5% / ±4,590)

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

6.2% ±3.3% (291  ±156) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Merrimack County: 4.6% 7,062
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 6.2% 86,095

9.4% ±3.5% (355  ±134) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Merrimack County: 8.2% 10,261 (±0.5% / ±561)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 7.9% 89,294 (±0.2% / ±2,249)
355 Total veterans ±134 280 Male ±82 75 Female ±82

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