Grafton County, New Hampshire

Grafton County has a population of 92,120 and has grown 2.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $344,500, about 3.9 times the county's median household income of $88,261.

Home price
$344,500
Income
$88,261
Population
92,120
Unemployment
3.2%

Housing

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

Median home price$344,500county
Median gross rent$1,301county
Median year homes here were built1981county
Share of homes built before 198048.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant28.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented28.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use24.0%county
Typical monthly rent$2,352county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,909county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,455county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,590county
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$88,261county
Family health premium / yr$26,119(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,364(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.002(statewide)
Poverty rate10.4%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 home17.2%county
Unemployment rate3.2%county
Share of adults in the labor force60.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.5%county
Share of workers employed by government13.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry34.7%county
Economic output per resident$107,135county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.72%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 time22.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service23 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport10934county
Miles to nearest general aviation field11 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here4county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station22 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.3%county
Traffic deaths15.2county
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 higher46.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.7%county
Public schools in the county51county
Public school enrollment10161county
Students per full-time teacher10.0county
Free lunch eligible25.2%county
Elementary schools28county
Middle schools10county
High schools8county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above3county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution14 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians189county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county5county
Hospitals here with an emergency department5county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter4.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year9.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year6.7%county
Frequent mental distress15.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity17.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.6%county

Place

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

Population92,120county
Land area in square miles1,709county
People per square mile of land53.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores34county
Convenience stores12county
Share living far from a food store13.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract3.7%county
Population change since 2020+2.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age44.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1815.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over23.0%county
Share of households that are one person30.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States5.6%county
Second languages6.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls26.9%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents123county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents5county
Households that moved in3,554county
Households that moved away3,462county
Average income of arriving households$104,083county
Average income of departing households$85,645county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes8county
Housing units authorised in the latest year408county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings32.1%county
Violent crime rate110(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature43.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation39.8 incounty
Annual snowfall75.6 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.60 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F5 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing178 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days150 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 11county
Average first fall frostOct 8county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$137county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh22.9¢county
Household electricity use601 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.43(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity11.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas3.8%county
Homes heated by propane28.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil43.2%county
Homes heated by wood10.8%county
Households with broadband90.3%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk90.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk97.8county
Hail risk19.2county
Earthquake risk69.6county
Tornado risk24.4county
Tropical cyclone risk78.5county
Extreme heat risk44.3county
Winter weather risk93.3county
Strong wind risk48.3county
Wildfire risk30.9county

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 teams1county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Grafton 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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