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Portsmouth, NH

22,332 Population
15.7 square miles 1,426 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New Hampshire: 43.2 ±0.1

Economics

$69,569 ±$5,171 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $61,389 ±$358
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Hampshire: $50,867 ±$515
$105,756 ±$6,107 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $112,484 ±$779
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $95,628 ±$1,073

5.5% ±1.8% (1,203  ±396) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.9% 424,129 (±0.2% / ±8,958)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.2% 96,457 (±0.2% / ±3,080)

22.1 minutes ±1.8 (220,165  ±24,986) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 30.5 64,916,764 (±0.1 / ±411,878)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 26.8 16,615,880 (±0.3 / ±208,159)

Families

10,556 ±395 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,925,474 ±3,766
  • New Hampshire: 551,186 ±2,292
2.1 ±0.1 (21,846  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,760,875
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,346,748

6.3% ±3% (318  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.3% 51,864 (±0.1% / ±1,654)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Hampshire: 4.4% 13,224 (±0.3% / ±861)

Housing

11,094 ±401 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,046,121 ±378
  • New Hampshire: 644,253 ±255

$640,600 ±$30,967 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $610,900 ±$2,066
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Hampshire: $367,200 ±$2,362

19.3% ±3% (4,261  ±660) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 12.5% 610,746 (±0.2% / ±9,345.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 11.3% 154,971 (±0.3% / ±4,521.1)

Social

97.6% ±4.8% (16,937  ±951.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.3% 3,212,042 (±0.4% / ±14,733.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 94.1% 949,225 (±0.7% / ±6,911.3)
63.4% ±4% (10,997  ±760.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 51.2% 1,782,685 (±0.3% / ±10,606.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 39.8% 401,838 (±0.5% / ±4,590)

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

9.2% ±1.9% (2,059  ±423) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 19.7% 966,395
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 6.2% 86,095

7.2% ±1.6% (1,356  ±306) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.2% 165,842 (±0.1% / ±2,944)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.9% 89,294 (±0.2% / ±2,249)
1,356 Total veterans ±306 1,281 Male ±306 75 Female ±57

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