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Portsmouth, NH

21,418 Population
15.7 square miles 1,367.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in New Hampshire: 43 ±0.1

Economics

$54,967 ±$3,654 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $49,528 ±$292
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Hampshire: $41,234 ±$345
$78,712 ±$7,412 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $93,537 ±$576
  • about the same as the amount in New Hampshire: $77,923 ±$846

6.6% ±1.4% (1,386  ±288) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 9% 421,702 (±0.2% / ±8,412)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.4% 97,418 (±0.3% / ±3,403)

23 minutes ±1.8 (256,800  ±25,099) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 31.5 74,154,480 (±0.1 / ±410,121)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 27.4 17,972,435 (±0.2 / ±179,307)

Families

10,097 ±398 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,852,755 ±3,076
  • New Hampshire: 539,116 ±1,981
2.1 ±0.1 (20,936  ±187) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,689,203
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,313,821 (±0)

3.2% ±1.6% (171  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.4% 52,496 (±0.1% / ±1,612)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Hampshire: 4.6% 13,731 (±0.3% / ±856)

Housing

10,676 ±400 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,972,346 ±781
  • New Hampshire: 638,611 ±255

$456,200 ±$17,701 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $461,500 ±$1,751
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Hampshire: $272,300 ±$1,600

18% ±3% (3,813  ±633) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 13.2% 634,070 (±0.2% / ±9,609.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Hampshire: 13.6% 182,692 (±0.4% / ±5,077.3)

Social

96.5% ±4.9% (16,018  ±895.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92% 3,131,699 (±0.4% / ±13,807.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 93.3% 905,707 (±0.7% / ±6,644.6)
61.4% ±4.2% (10,197  ±735.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 49% 1,666,453 (±0.3% / ±9,864.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 37.6% 364,685 (±0.4% / ±4,163.4)

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

7.9% ±1.6% (1,697  ±346) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 18.9% 918,197 (±0.2% / ±7,699)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Hampshire: 6.1% 82,622 (±0.2% / ±2,191)

7.6% ±1.6% (1,366  ±289) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.9% 188,799 (±0.1% / ±3,116)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 8.5% 93,326 (±0.2% / ±2,008)
1,366 Total veterans ±289 1,245 Male ±287 121 Female ±67

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