Coos County, New Hampshire

Coos County has a population of 31,271 and has grown 0.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $188,900, about 3.3 times the county's median household income of $57,677.

Home price
$188,900
Income
$57,677
Population
31,271
Unemployment
4.3%

Housing

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

Median home price$188,900county
Median gross rent$876county
Median year homes here were built1969county
Share of homes built before 198064.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile10.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant32.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented25.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use24.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,280county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,287county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$994county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,702county
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$57,677county
Family health premium / yr$26,119(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,364(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.002(statewide)
Poverty rate13.2%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 home8.0%county
Unemployment rate4.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force52.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed9.5%county
Share of workers employed by government19.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.8%county
Economic output per resident$58,074county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.89%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 time23.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service79 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport10934county
Miles to nearest general aviation field9.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here6county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station65 micounty
Households without a vehicle9.0%county
Traffic deaths9.6county
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 higher20.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.4%county
Public schools in the county22county
Public school enrollment3254county
Students per full-time teacher9.2county
Free lunch eligible43.2%county
Elementary schools13county
Middle schools3county
High schools6county
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 institution51 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians112county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter4.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.7%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.4%county
Frequent mental distress16.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity22.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.1%county

Place

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

Population31,271county
Land area in square miles1,795county
People per square mile of land17.4county
Supermarkets and grocery stores8county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store9.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract12.6%county
Population change since 2020+0.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-10county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age50.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1816.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over26.1%county
Share of households that are one person34.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.8%county
Second languages7.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls32.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents170county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents9county
Households that moved in827county
Households that moved away781county
Average income of arriving households$77,489county
Average income of departing households$59,723county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes7county
Housing units authorised in the latest year150county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings41.3%county
Violent crime rate110(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature40.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation39.8 incounty
Annual snowfall108.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.57 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F1 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing185 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days131 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 21county
Average first fall frostSep 29county

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 electricity4.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas1.4%county
Homes heated by propane10.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil68.0%county
Homes heated by wood10.3%county
Households with broadband86.4%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk77.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk81.5county
Hail risk6.1county
Earthquake risk49.0county
Tornado risk10.6county
Tropical cyclone risk77.1county
Extreme heat risk12.7county
Winter weather risk88.4county
Strong wind risk22.8county
Wildfire risk16.4county

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 Coos 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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