Belknap County, New Hampshire

Belknap County has a population of 64,659 and has grown 2.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $374,900, about 4.0 times the county's median household income of $92,783.

Home price
$374,900
Income
$92,783
Population
64,659
Unemployment
3.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$374,900county
Median gross rent$1,167county
Median year homes here were built1979county
Share of homes built before 198052.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant32.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented19.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use28.7%county
Typical monthly rent$2,003county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,800county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,425county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,219county
Home insurance / yr$1,300(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living111.4(statewide)
Median household income$92,783county
Family health premium / yr$26,119(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,364(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.002(statewide)
Poverty rate8.5%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home13.5%county
Unemployment rate3.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.6%county
Share of workers employed by government15.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.4%county
Economic output per resident$66,437county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.31%county
Top state income tax0.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax0.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax0.00%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time25.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service40 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport633257county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station36 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.0%county
Traffic deaths55.7county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0000.0(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher33.6%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.8%county
Public schools in the county23county
Public school enrollment7344county
Students per full-time teacher11.0county
Free lunch eligible29.0%county
Elementary schools11county
Middle schools5county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution21 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians48county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter4.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year9.3%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year6.9%county
Frequent mental distress16.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.0%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population64,659county
Land area in square miles402county
People per square mile of land161.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores11county
Convenience stores8county
Share living far from a food store8.8%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract13.0%county
Population change since 2020+2.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-6county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age48.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1817.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over24.0%county
Share of households that are one person27.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.8%county
Second languages3.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls33.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents101county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents6county
Households that moved in2,328county
Households that moved away2,159county
Average income of arriving households$129,804county
Average income of departing households$80,362county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes11county
Housing units authorised in the latest year423county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings21.5%county
Violent crime rate110(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature45.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation39.8 incounty
Annual snowfall57.1 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.73 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F11 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing159 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days170 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 3county
Average first fall frostOct 20county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$137county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh23.2¢county
Household electricity use589 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.43(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity8.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas8.3%county
Homes heated by propane22.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil49.6%county
Homes heated by wood8.2%county
Households with broadband91.9%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk70.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk34.4county
Landslide risk71.6county
Hail risk15.6county
Earthquake risk59.8county
Tornado risk31.4county
Tropical cyclone risk78.4county
Extreme heat risk42.5county
Winter weather risk75.3county
Strong wind risk37.6county
Wildfire risk25.3county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Belknap County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the New Hampshire figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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