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Portsmouth, NH

22,545 Population
15.7 square miles 1,439.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±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: 43.3 ±0.1

Economics

$72,411 ±$6,105 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $63,282 ±$361
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Hampshire: $52,798 ±$540
$106,219 ±$6,854 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $115,863 ±$796
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $99,031 ±$1,123

6.8% ±1.8% (1,509  ±394) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.9% 428,080 (±0.2% / ±7,208)
  • a little less than the rate in New Hampshire: 7.3% 98,248 (±0.3% / ±3,704)

22.2 minutes ±2.3 (214,985  ±27,100) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 30.3 63,123,320 (±0.1 / ±374,911)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 26.7 16,302,015 (±0.2 / ±193,854)

Families

10,902 ±387 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,940,688 ±3,871
  • New Hampshire: 555,822 ±2,236
2 ±0.1 (22,066  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,788,006
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,353,835

7% ±2.9% (344  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.4% 52,573 (±0.2% / ±1,917)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 4.6% 13,865 (±0.3% / ±851)

Housing

11,370 ±405 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,059,059 ±400
  • New Hampshire: 648,472 ±247

$688,500 ±$38,853 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $646,300 ±$2,040
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Hampshire: $402,500 ±$2,808

17.6% ±2.9% (3,911  ±653) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 12.2% 597,882 (±0.2% / ±9,253)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 10.7% 147,877 (±0.4% / ±4,807)

Social

97.4% ±4.7% (17,417  ±949.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.2% 3,237,215 (±0.4% / ±13,892.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 94.4% 962,216 (±0.7% / ±7,083.9)
64% ±4% (11,437  ±764.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 52% 1,823,693 (±0.3% / ±9,675.1)
  • about 1.5 times 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

9.6% ±1.9% (2,172  ±431) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 20% 991,133
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 6.1% 85,632

6.5% ±1.5% (1,247  ±283) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4% 158,895 (±0.1% / ±2,917)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.6% 86,727 (±0.2% / ±1,890)
1,247 Total veterans ±283 1,198 Male ±277 49 Female ±44

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