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Amherst town, Hillsborough County, NH

11,766 Population
33.9 square miles 347 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hillsborough County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.1 ±0.2

Economics

$73,143 ±$8,302 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Hillsborough County: $49,675 ±$933
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Hampshire: $48,250 ±$430
$151,375 ±$17,471 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Hillsborough County: $95,112 ±$2,183
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Hampshire: $90,845 ±$966

4.2% ±3.1% (497  ±362) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hillsborough County: 6.9% 28,465 (±0.5% / ±2,186)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.3% 98,162 (±0.3% / ±3,348)

32.1 minutes ±3.5 (136,520  ±20,852) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hillsborough County: 27.4 5,470,380 (±0.5 / ±113,643)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 27 17,021,584 (±0.2 / ±188,163)

Families

4,481 ±242 Number of households
  • Hillsborough County: 166,344 ±838
  • New Hampshire: 545,116 ±1,916
2.6 ±0.1 (11,766  ±21) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hillsborough County: 2.5 414,579 (±0 / ±121)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.5 1,339,086

3.4% ±2.7% (71  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hillsborough County: 4.8% † 4,566 (±0.5% / ±518)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Hampshire: 4.6% 13,798 (±0.4% / ±1,099)

Housing

4,555 ±247 Number of housing units
  • Hillsborough County: 175,630 ±147
  • New Hampshire: 640,335 ±441

$482,600 ±$20,859 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hillsborough County: $356,200 ±$3,255
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Hampshire: $337,100 ±$2,106

9.7% ±4.3% (1,128  ±,502.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hillsborough County: 12.2% 51,168 (±0.7% / ±2,955)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 11.9% 162,209 (±0.3% / ±4,384.7)

Social

99.4% ±6.9% (8,394  ±,659.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hillsborough County: 93% 280,720 (±1.3% / ±3,991)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 93.8% 935,629 (±0.7% / ±7,035)
64.1% ±5.2% (5,410  ±,479.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hillsborough County: 40.2% 121,391 (±0.9% / ±2,601.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 39.1% 389,448 (±0.5% / ±4,614.8)

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

5% ±1.3% (586  ±150) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Hillsborough County: 10% 42,393
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 6% 83,368

7.9% ±2.1% (718  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Hillsborough County: 7.4% 25,022 (±0.3% / ±1,088)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 8.1% 90,386 (±0.2% / ±1,868)
718 Total veterans ±189 614 Male ±170 104 Female ±71

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