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Peterborough town, Hillsborough County, NH

6,408 Population
38 square miles 168.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Hillsborough County: 41 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.3 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$61,415 ±$7,878 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hillsborough County: $54,111 ±$895
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $52,798 ±$540
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$98,401 ±$7,986 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Hillsborough County: $103,545 ±$1,737
  • about the same as the amount in New Hampshire: $99,031 ±$1,123
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.7% ±3.3% (356  ±204) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hillsborough County: 6.7% 28,204 (±0.5% / ±2,028)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.3% 98,248 (±0.3% / ±3,704)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±5.2 (64,645  ±16,559) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hillsborough County: 27.3 5,272,745 (±0.4 / ±110,532)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 26.7 16,302,015 (±0.2 / ±193,854)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,024 ±275 Number of households
  • Hillsborough County: 168,740 ±1,106
  • New Hampshire: 555,822 ±2,236
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (6,174  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hillsborough County: 2.5 417,974 (±0 / ±281)
  • about 80 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

4.5% ±4% (45  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hillsborough County: 5% † 4,788 (±0.6% / ±567)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 4.6% 13,865 (±0.3% / ±851)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,478 ±342 Number of housing units
  • Hillsborough County: 177,734 ±330
  • New Hampshire: 648,472 ±247
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$404,500 ±$31,080 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Hillsborough County: $421,100 ±$3,833
  • about the same as the amount in New Hampshire: $402,500 ±$2,808
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.7% ±2.7% (488  ±170.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hillsborough County: 11.1% 46,931 (±0.7% / ±2,875.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Hampshire: 10.7% 147,877 (±0.4% / ±4,807)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.6% ±9.7% (4,877  ±561.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hillsborough County: 93.4% 287,474 (±1.3% / ±4,083.8)
  • a little higher than 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)
62.2% ±8.4% (3,107  ±457.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hillsborough County: 41.5% 127,846 (±0.9% / ±2,709.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 40.7% 414,276 (±0.5% / ±4,552.3)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

3% ±2.1% (189  ±132) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hillsborough County: 10.3% 44,102
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 6.1% 85,632
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±2.1% (350  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Hillsborough County: 6.9% 23,637 (±0.3% / ±999)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.6% 86,727 (±0.2% / ±1,890)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
350 Total veterans ±114 323 Male ±110 27 Female ±26

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