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Barnstead town, Belknap County, NH

4,994 Population
43.1 square miles 116 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Belknap County: 48.4 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in New Hampshire: 43.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,595 ±$4,368 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Belknap County: $49,037 ±$2,273
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $52,798 ±$540
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$111,660 ±$11,758 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Belknap County: $92,783 ±$4,217
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $99,031 ±$1,123
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.4% ±2.3% (170  ±113) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Belknap County: 8.5% † 5,394 (±1.2% / ±744)
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 7.3% 98,248 (±0.3% / ±3,704)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.1 minutes ±2 (64,755  ±10,342) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Belknap County: 25.1 707,515 (±1.4 / ±47,171)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 26.7 16,302,015 (±0.2 / ±193,854)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,791 ±137 Number of households
  • Belknap County: 26,337 ±724
  • New Hampshire: 555,822 ±2,236
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (4,994  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Belknap County: 2.4 63,525 (±0.1 / ±58)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,353,835
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.9% ±3.3% (29  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Belknap County: 6.7% † 835 (±2% / ±252)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Hampshire: 4.6% 13,865 (±0.3% / ±851)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,378 ±185 Number of housing units
  • Belknap County: 39,003 ±49
  • New Hampshire: 648,472 ±247
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$362,400 ±$24,733 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Belknap County: $374,900 ±$10,174
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $402,500 ±$2,808
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5% ±3.9% (249  ±192.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Belknap County: 10.1% † 6,488 (±1.4% / ±922)
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 10.7% 147,877 (±0.4% / ±4,807)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.8% ±9.4% (3,273  ±370.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Belknap County: 93.8% 46,312 (±3.3% / ±1,632.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 94.4% 962,216 (±0.7% / ±7,083.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.9% ±6.3% (1,057  ±223.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Belknap County: 33.6% 16,561 (±1.8% / ±881)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Hampshire: 40.7% 414,276 (±0.5% / ±4,552.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.2% ±1.5% (111  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Belknap County: 2.8% 1,807
  • about one-third of the rate in New Hampshire: 6.1% 85,632
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.1% ±3.6% (397  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Belknap County: 9.7% 5,191 (±0.8% / ±426)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Hampshire: 7.6% 86,727 (±0.2% / ±1,890)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
397 Total veterans ±142 331 Male ±130 66 Female ±78

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