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Boscawen town, Merrimack County, NH

4,002 Population
24.9 square miles 160.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Merrimack County: 42.6 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,584 ±$4,806 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Merrimack County: $47,056 ±$1,256
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Hampshire: $50,867 ±$515
$76,625 ±$25,058 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Merrimack County: $93,944 ±$2,418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $95,628 ±$1,073

11.1% ±5.4% (392  ±191) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Merrimack County: 7.1% † 10,586 (±0.7% / ±1,063)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 7.2% 96,457 (±0.2% / ±3,080)

28.8 minutes ±2.3 (45,200  ±9,500) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Merrimack County: 27 1,861,350 (±0.5 / ±53,861)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 26.8 16,615,880 (±0.3 / ±208,159)

Families

1,356 ±132 Number of households
  • Merrimack County: 60,445 ±478
  • New Hampshire: 551,186 ±2,292
2.6 ±0.3 (3,549  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Merrimack County: 2.5 148,702 (±0 / ±76)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,346,748

8.1% ±7.1% (64  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Merrimack County: 4.2% † 1,425 (±0.7% / ±241)
  • nearly double the rate in New Hampshire: 4.4% 13,224 (±0.3% / ±861)

Housing

1,389 ±136 Number of housing units
  • Merrimack County: 66,080 ±121
  • New Hampshire: 644,253 ±255

$267,300 ±$17,982 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Merrimack County: $330,600 ±$5,292
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Hampshire: $367,200 ±$2,362

11.6% ±3.1% (457  ±120.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Merrimack County: 10.4% 16,041 (±0.9% / ±1,357.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 11.3% 154,971 (±0.3% / ±4,521.1)

Social

90.6% ±9.4% (2,587  ±320.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Merrimack County: 93.7% 105,019 (±1.9% / ±2,161.5)
  • a little less than the rate in New Hampshire: 94.1% 949,225 (±0.7% / ±6,911.3)
22.1% ±5% (630  ±150.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Merrimack County: 38.1% 42,673 (±1.2% / ±1,352.3)
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 39.8% 401,838 (±0.5% / ±4,590)

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

1.7% ±1.4% (68  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Merrimack County: 4.6% 7,062
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Hampshire: 6.2% 86,095

13% ±4.6% (418  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Merrimack County: 8.2% 10,261 (±0.5% / ±561)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 7.9% 89,294 (±0.2% / ±2,249)
418 Total veterans ±150 369 Male ±148 49 Female ±40

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