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Canterbury town, Merrimack County, NH

2,353 Population
43.9 square miles 53.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Merrimack County: 42.9 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.3 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$65,633 ±$8,837 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Merrimack County: $49,044 ±$1,465
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $52,798 ±$540
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$129,333 ±$36,907 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Merrimack County: $97,004 ±$2,796
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Hampshire: $99,031 ±$1,123
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.4% ±3% (126  ±72) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Merrimack County: 7.6% † 11,468 (±0.8% / ±1,262)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.3% 98,248 (±0.3% / ±3,704)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.5 minutes ±9.7 (32,935  ±6,596) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Merrimack County: 26.6 1,816,825 (±0.6 / ±54,723)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 26.7 16,302,015 (±0.2 / ±193,854)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

946 ±97 Number of households
  • Merrimack County: 60,901 ±490
  • New Hampshire: 555,822 ±2,236
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (2,340  ±253) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Merrimack County: 2.5 149,795 (±0 / ±115)
  • about the same as the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,353,835
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.8% ±6.4% (39  ±30) 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)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,009 ±100 Number of housing units
  • Merrimack County: 66,497 ±92
  • New Hampshire: 648,472 ±247
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$443,700 ±$20,620 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Merrimack County: $367,600 ±$6,350
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $402,500 ±$2,808
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.1% ±2.2% (94  ±51.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Merrimack County: 9.9% 15,383 (±0.9% / ±1,321.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 10.7% 147,877 (±0.4% / ±4,807)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.3% ±3.1% (1,682  ±183.6) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
49.4% ±4.3% (871  ±118.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Merrimack County: 38.9% 44,101 (±1.2% / ±1,304.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 40.7% 414,276 (±0.5% / ±4,552.3)
  • about 1.4 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

3.7% ±1.8% (87  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Merrimack County: 4.4% 6,789
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 6.1% 85,632
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±2% (129  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Merrimack County: 8.1% 10,295 (±0.6% / ±699)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.6% 86,727 (±0.2% / ±1,890)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
129 Total veterans ±41 124 Male ±41 5 Female ±8

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