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Portsmouth, NH

22,138 Population
15.7 square miles 1,413.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New Hampshire: 43.1 ±0.2

Economics

$67,924 ±$5,188 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $58,400 ±$359
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Hampshire: $48,250 ±$430
$100,169 ±$6,754 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $107,117 ±$644
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $90,845 ±$966

6% ±1.6% (1,295  ±343) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 9% 427,292 (±0.2% / ±8,282)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.3% 98,162 (±0.3% / ±3,348)

22.9 minutes ±1.6 (240,755  ±24,512) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 30.8 67,283,520 (±0.1 / ±400,941)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 27 17,021,584 (±0.2 / ±188,163)

Families

10,435 ±369 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,913,599 ±3,983
  • New Hampshire: 545,116 ±1,916
2.1 ±0.1 (21,636  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,758,954 (±0 / ±438)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 2.5 1,339,086

5.5% ±2.5% (286  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.3% 51,966 (±0.2% / ±1,961)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 4.6% 13,798 (±0.4% / ±1,099)

Housing

11,184 ±421 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,033,504 ±334
  • New Hampshire: 640,335 ±441

$594,000 ±$26,729 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $570,000 ±$2,124
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Hampshire: $337,100 ±$2,106

18.1% ±3% (3,962  ±,648.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 12.8% 624,686 (±0.2% / ±9,991.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 11.9% 162,209 (±0.3% / ±4,384.7)

Social

97.2% ±4.7% (16,615  ±,912.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.1% 3,188,341 (±0.4% / ±13,932.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 93.8% 935,629 (±0.7% / ±7,035)
63.1% ±3.9% (10,777  ±,729.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 50.5% 1,748,814 (±0.3% / ±9,700.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 39.1% 389,448 (±0.5% / ±4,614.8)

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

8.8% ±2.1% (1,954  ±460) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 19.6% 962,256
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 6% 83,368

7.3% ±1.6% (1,376  ±294) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.4% 172,434 (±0.1% / ±3,265)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 8.1% 90,386 (±0.2% / ±1,868)
1,376 Total veterans ±294 1,233 Male ±285 143 Female ±82

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