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Dorchester town, Grafton County, NH

410 Population
44.6 square miles 9.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56 ±10.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Grafton County: 44.1 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Hampshire: 43.3 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,811 ±$9,693 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Grafton County: $52,790 ±$2,271
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Hampshire: $52,798 ±$540
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

18.6% ±16.1% (76  ±71) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Grafton County: 10.4% † 8,841 (±1.2% / ±993)
  • more than double the rate in New Hampshire: 7.3% 98,248 (±0.3% / ±3,704)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

40.1 minutes ±2.3 (5,170  ±1,837) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in Grafton County: 22.2 835,210 (±0.7 / ±37,832)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Hampshire: 26.7 16,302,015 (±0.2 / ±193,854)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

190 ±84 Number of households
  • Grafton County: 37,107 ±626
  • New Hampshire: 555,822 ±2,236
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±1.2 (410  ±142) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Grafton County: 2.3 84,925 (±0 / ±165)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,353,835
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±7.3% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Grafton County: 3.3% † 674 (±1.2% / ±248)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 4.6% 13,865 (±0.3% / ±851)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

246 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Grafton County: 51,920 ±178
  • New Hampshire: 648,472 ±247
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$139,600 ±$133,114 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Grafton County: $344,500 ±$7,518
  • about one-third of the amount in New Hampshire: $402,500 ±$2,808
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.1% ±7.2% (25  ±30.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Grafton County: 13.2% 12,041 (±1.1% / ±1,007.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 10.7% 147,877 (±0.4% / ±4,807)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.1% ±46.9% (335  ±113.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grafton County: 94.7% 62,911 (±2.4% / ±1,628.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 94.4% 962,216 (±0.7% / ±7,083.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.8% ±15.1% (129  ±72.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Grafton County: 46.7% 31,027 (±1.7% / ±1,160.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 40.7% 414,276 (±0.5% / ±4,552.3)
  • about the same as 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

1% ±0.9% (4  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Grafton County: 5.6% 5,157
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Hampshire: 6.1% 85,632
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

31.6% ±22.1% (115  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Grafton County: 7.2% 5,603 (±0.6% / ±487)
  • more than double the rate in New Hampshire: 7.6% 86,727 (±0.2% / ±1,890)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
115 Total veterans ±91 99 Male ±79 16 Female ±25

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