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Boscawen town, Merrimack County, NH

4,044 Population
24.9 square miles 162.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Merrimack County: 42.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.3 ±0.1

Economics

$35,330 ±$4,839 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Merrimack County: $49,044 ±$1,465
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Hampshire: $52,798 ±$540
$77,328 ±$26,572 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Merrimack County: $97,004 ±$2,796
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $99,031 ±$1,123

17% ±9.5% (613  ±344) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Merrimack County: 7.6% † 11,468 (±0.8% / ±1,262)
  • more than double the rate in New Hampshire: 7.3% 98,248 (±0.3% / ±3,704)

27.9 minutes ±3.9 (43,130  ±9,153) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Merrimack County: 26.6 1,816,825 (±0.6 / ±54,723)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 26.7 16,302,015 (±0.2 / ±193,854)

Families

1,404 ±145 Number of households
  • Merrimack County: 60,901 ±490
  • New Hampshire: 555,822 ±2,236
2.6 ±0.3 (3,605  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Merrimack County: 2.5 149,795 (±0 / ±115)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,353,835

8.8% ±7.7% (69  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Merrimack County: 4.4% † 1,480 (±0.9% / ±305)
  • nearly double the rate in New Hampshire: 4.6% 13,865 (±0.3% / ±851)

Housing

1,438 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Merrimack County: 66,497 ±92
  • New Hampshire: 648,472 ±247

$286,500 ±$22,722 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Merrimack County: $367,600 ±$6,350
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Hampshire: $402,500 ±$2,808

9.1% ±2.8% (364  ±110.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Merrimack County: 9.9% 15,383 (±0.9% / ±1,321.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 10.7% 147,877 (±0.4% / ±4,807)

Social

92.6% ±10.4% (2,748  ±339.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Merrimack County: 94.5% 107,062 (±2% / ±2,220.5)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 94.4% 962,216 (±0.7% / ±7,083.9)
20.5% ±5% (607  ±151.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Merrimack County: 38.9% 44,101 (±1.2% / ±1,304.2)
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 40.7% 414,276 (±0.5% / ±4,552.3)

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

3.1% ±1.9% (125  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Merrimack County: 4.4% 6,789
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 6.1% 85,632

11.7% ±3.4% (388  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Merrimack County: 8.1% 10,295 (±0.6% / ±699)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 7.6% 86,727 (±0.2% / ±1,890)
388 Total veterans ±113 352 Male ±103 36 Female ±33

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