Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Hillsborough County has a population of 426,378 and has grown 2.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $421,100, about 4.1 times the county's median household income of $103,545.

Home price
$421,100
Income
$103,545
Population
426,378
Unemployment
3.1%

Housing

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

Median home price$421,100county
Median gross rent$1,623county
Median year homes here were built1978county
Share of homes built before 198053.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented32.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.2%county
Typical monthly rent$2,156county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,698county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,294county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,036county
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$103,545county
Family health premium / yr$26,119(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,364(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.002(statewide)
Poverty rate6.7%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 home18.1%county
Unemployment rate3.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force70.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.0%county
Share of workers employed by government10.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.8%county
Economic output per resident$89,434county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.66%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 time27.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service6.1 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport633257county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.8 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station24 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.2%county
Traffic deaths18.3county
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 higher41.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.4%county
Public schools in the county122county
Public school enrollment52691county
Students per full-time teacher11.8county
Free lunch eligible25.8%county
Elementary schools64county
Middle schools29county
High schools22county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above5county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions3county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution6.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians84county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county5county
Hospitals here with an emergency department5county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter3.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year9.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year6.5%county
Frequent mental distress15.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity18.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.0%county

Place

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

Population426,378county
Land area in square miles877county
People per square mile of land486.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores64county
Convenience stores75county
Share living far from a food store26.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract3.1%county
Population change since 2020+2.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents4county
Median age41.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1819.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.3%county
Share of households that are one person27.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States10.3%county
Second languages13.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls27.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents57county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in11,745county
Households that moved away11,723county
Average income of arriving households$84,888county
Average income of departing households$86,462county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year632county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings39.9%county
Violent crime rate110(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature47.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation41.5 incounty
Annual snowfall46.5 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.80 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F13 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing146 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days162 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 3county
Average first fall frostOct 12county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$143county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh22.8¢county
Household electricity use628 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.43(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity11.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas38.4%county
Homes heated by propane14.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil29.5%county
Homes heated by wood3.2%county
Households with broadband93.4%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk92.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk57.9county
Landslide risk84.2county
Hail risk55.4county
Earthquake risk88.2county
Tornado risk82.6county
Tropical cyclone risk92.6county
Extreme heat risk75.4county
Winter weather risk87.4county
Strong wind risk86.9county
Wildfire risk67.0county

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 teams1county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Hillsborough 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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