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Lakes Region--Belknap, Carroll & Merrimack (Northern) Counties PUMA, NH

140,425 Population
1,563.1 square miles 89.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$51,330 ±$2,594 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in New Hampshire: $53,064 ±$954
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$93,692 ±$12,396 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in New Hampshire: $99,782 ±$2,489
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.2% ±1.8% (11,364  ±2,537) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 7.2% 98,596 (±0.6% / ±7,844)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.5 minutes ±0.7 (1,554,235  ±58,908) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in New Hampshire: 26.7 16,302,015 (±0.2 / ±193,854)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

59,079 ±2,800 Number of households
  • New Hampshire: 570,689 ±4,703
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (137,942  ±3,344) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,367,109
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.4% ±1.7% (1,169  ±448) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 4.8% † 14,683 (±0.8% / ±2,315)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

90,638 ±1,203 Number of housing units
  • New Hampshire: 657,198 ±160
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$427,100 ±$22,563 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $458,800 ±$6,138
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7% ±1.7% (9,768  ±2,343.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Hampshire: 10.2% 142,619 (±0.7% / ±9,382.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.6% ±3.9% (103,202  ±4,804.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 95.1% 986,612 (±1.4% / ±14,947)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35.7% ±2.3% (38,921  ±2,638.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 41.5% 430,975 (±0.9% / ±9,600)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

3.6% ±0.7% (4,789  ±879) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 7.9% 105,824 (±0.3% / ±3,569)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

2.1% ±0.6% (2,913  ±835) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in New Hampshire: 6% 83,815
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

9.7% ±1.2% (11,406  ±1,391) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Hampshire: 7% 81,535 (±0.4% / ±4,615)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,406 Total veterans ±1,391 10,731 Male ±1,325 675 Female ±447

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