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Hooksett town, Merrimack County, NH

14,949 Population
36.1 square miles 414.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Merrimack County: 42.6 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,730 ±$4,103 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Merrimack County: $47,056 ±$1,256
  • about the same as the amount in New Hampshire: $50,867 ±$515
$106,906 ±$9,012 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Merrimack County: $93,944 ±$2,418
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $95,628 ±$1,073

3.6% ±1.5% (504  ±218) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Merrimack County: 7.1% † 10,586 (±0.7% / ±1,063)
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 7.2% 96,457 (±0.2% / ±3,080)

26.5 minutes ±1.6 (199,440  ±17,419) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Merrimack County: 27 1,861,350 (±0.5 / ±53,861)
  • about the same as the figure in New Hampshire: 26.8 16,615,880 (±0.3 / ±208,159)

Families

5,501 ±323 Number of households
  • Merrimack County: 60,445 ±478
  • New Hampshire: 551,186 ±2,292
2.6 ±0.2 (14,222  ±51) 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

4.1% ±2% (154  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Merrimack County: 4.2% † 1,425 (±0.7% / ±241)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 4.4% 13,224 (±0.3% / ±861)

Housing

5,705 ±323 Number of housing units
  • Merrimack County: 66,080 ±121
  • New Hampshire: 644,253 ±255

$370,300 ±$19,610 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Merrimack County: $330,600 ±$5,292
  • about the same as the amount in New Hampshire: $367,200 ±$2,362

9.4% ±2.6% (1,395  ±381.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Merrimack County: 10.4% 16,041 (±0.9% / ±1,357.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 11.3% 154,971 (±0.3% / ±4,521.1)

Social

94.3% ±6.7% (9,696  ±755.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Merrimack County: 93.7% 105,019 (±1.9% / ±2,161.5)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 94.1% 949,225 (±0.7% / ±6,911.3)
38.9% ±4.4% (3,998  ±473.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Merrimack County: 38.1% 42,673 (±1.2% / ±1,352.3)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 39.8% 401,838 (±0.5% / ±4,590)

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

3.6% ±1.1% (537  ±164) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Merrimack County: 4.6% 7,062
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 6.2% 86,095

6.3% ±1.3% (772  ±161) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Merrimack County: 8.2% 10,261 (±0.5% / ±561)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.9% 89,294 (±0.2% / ±2,249)
772 Total veterans ±161 692 Male ±147 80 Female ±49

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