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Amherst town, Hillsborough County, NH

11,821 Population
33.9 square miles 348.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hillsborough County: 41 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.2 ±0.1

Economics

$71,572 ±$7,966 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hillsborough County: $52,243 ±$733
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Hampshire: $50,867 ±$515
$150,938 ±$17,896 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Hillsborough County: $100,436 ±$1,773
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Hampshire: $95,628 ±$1,073

4.6% ±3.2% (542  ±381) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hillsborough County: 6.5% 27,126 (±0.5% / ±2,210)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.2% 96,457 (±0.2% / ±3,080)

30.7 minutes ±2.6 (128,395  ±19,450) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hillsborough County: 27.1 5,340,240 (±0.5 / ±115,072)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 26.8 16,615,880 (±0.3 / ±208,159)

Families

4,482 ±246 Number of households
  • Hillsborough County: 167,732 ±860
  • New Hampshire: 551,186 ±2,292
2.6 ±0.1 (11,821  ±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

4.1% ±3% (95  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hillsborough County: 4.5% † 4,343 (±0.5% / ±474)
  • a little less than the rate in New Hampshire: 4.4% 13,224 (±0.3% / ±861)

Housing

4,500 ±243 Number of housing units
  • Hillsborough County: 176,753 ±199
  • New Hampshire: 644,253 ±255

$494,500 ±$26,061 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hillsborough County: $385,500 ±$4,556
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Hampshire: $367,200 ±$2,362

10.2% ±4.2% (1,199  ±,495.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hillsborough County: 11.4% 48,065 (±0.7% / ±2,970)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 11.3% 154,971 (±0.3% / ±4,521.1)

Social

99.2% ±7.1% (8,293  ±,667.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hillsborough County: 93% 283,597 (±1.3% / ±3,868.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 94.1% 949,225 (±0.7% / ±6,911.3)
64% ±5.5% (5,350  ±,501.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hillsborough County: 40.6% 123,888 (±0.9% / ±2,619.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 39.8% 401,838 (±0.5% / ±4,590)

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

4.4% ±1.6% (525  ±193) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hillsborough County: 10.4% 44,184
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Hampshire: 6.2% 86,095

6.3% ±1.7% (574  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hillsborough County: 7.1% 24,099 (±0.4% / ±1,190)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.9% 89,294 (±0.2% / ±2,249)
574 Total veterans ±152 484 Male ±136 90 Female ±61

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