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Amherst town, Hillsborough County, NH

11,712 Population
33.9 square miles 345.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hillsborough County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43 ±0.1

Economics

$67,288 ±$7,375 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Hillsborough County: $45,238 ±$789
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Hampshire: $43,877 ±$428
$141,424 ±$12,645 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Hillsborough County: $86,930 ±$1,682
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Hampshire: $83,449 ±$773

4.3% ±3.9% (502  ±451) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hillsborough County: 7.2% 29,563 (±0.6% / ±2,416)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.4% 98,429 (±0.3% / ±3,847)

33.3 minutes ±2 (151,345  ±18,859) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hillsborough County: 27.7 5,604,395 (±0.4 / ±97,118)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 27.1 17,472,340 (±0.2 / ±187,030)

Families

4,438 ±262 Number of households
  • Hillsborough County: 165,309 ±768
  • New Hampshire: 540,498 ±1,974
2.6 ±0.2 (11,712  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hillsborough County: 2.5 413,013 (±0 / ±598)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.5 1,332,094 (±0)

3% ±2.1% (64  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hillsborough County: 4.8% † 4,649 (±0.6% / ±540)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Hampshire: 4.7% 14,048 (±0.3% / ±938)

Housing

4,524 ±275 Number of housing units
  • Hillsborough County: 174,456 ±242
  • New Hampshire: 636,480 ±184

$391,700 ±$21,564 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hillsborough County: $306,000 ±$3,692
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Hampshire: $288,700 ±$1,890

10.4% ±4.7% (1,214  ±544.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hillsborough County: 13.7% 57,248 (±0.7% / ±2,975.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 12.8% 174,034 (±0.3% / ±4,425.9)

Social

99.2% ±6.7% (8,330  ±638.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hillsborough County: 92.9% 277,883 (±1.4% / ±4,034.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 93.6% 923,297 (±0.7% / ±6,977.2)
62.6% ±4.8% (5,259  ±444.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hillsborough County: 39.6% 118,559 (±0.9% / ±2,637.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 38.2% 377,035 (±0.4% / ±4,295.6)

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

5.4% ±1.7% (627  ±196) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Hillsborough County: 10% 41,950 (±0.5% / ±1,875)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 6% 82,895 (±0.2% / ±2,315)

7.4% ±1.7% (672  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Hillsborough County: 7.5% 24,971 (±0.3% / ±1,126)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 8.2% 90,997 (±0.2% / ±1,941)
672 Total veterans ±152 582 Male ±140 90 Female ±61

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