Strafford County, New Hampshire

Strafford County has a population of 132,575 and has grown 3.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $362,800, about 4.1 times the county's median household income of $88,570.

Home price
$362,800
Income
$88,570
Population
132,575
Unemployment
3.5%

Housing

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

Median home price$362,800county
Median gross rent$1,488county
Median year homes here were built1979county
Share of homes built before 198051.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile8.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant8.0%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented32.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use3.3%county
Typical monthly rent$2,164county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,194county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,677county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,693county
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$88,570county
Family health premium / yr$26,119(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,364(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.002(statewide)
Poverty rate8.7%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 home16.2%county
Unemployment rate3.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force67.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.7%county
Share of workers employed by government16.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.0%county
Economic output per resident$60,225county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.85%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 time26.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service13 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport100298county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network2county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station5.1 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.9%county
Traffic deaths9.1county
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 higher39.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.7%county
Public schools in the county38county
Public school enrollment13978county
Students per full-time teacher11.5county
Free lunch eligible25.9%county
Elementary schools23county
Middle schools7county
High schools6county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution8.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians67county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter6.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year10.0%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.0%county
Frequent mental distress18.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity21.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.8%county

Place

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

Population132,575county
Land area in square miles367county
People per square mile of land361.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores19county
Convenience stores24county
Share living far from a food store20.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract23.8%county
Population change since 2020+3.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age38.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1817.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.1%county
Share of households that are one person28.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.4%county
Second languages5.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls23.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents66county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents6county
Households that moved in4,306county
Households that moved away3,955county
Average income of arriving households$71,985county
Average income of departing households$86,147county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes8county
Housing units authorised in the latest year450county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings42.2%county
Violent crime rate110(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature46.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation39.4 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.81 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F12 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing154 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days160 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 3county
Average first fall frostOct 10county

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 electricity12.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas21.4%county
Homes heated by propane16.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil42.5%county
Homes heated by wood4.4%county
Households with broadband93.5%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk76.0county
Coastal flood risk44.6county
Drought risk66.3county
Landslide risk61.7county
Hail risk20.3county
Earthquake risk77.4county
Tornado risk42.2county
Tropical cyclone risk76.6county
Extreme heat risk49.4county
Winter weather risk48.5county
Strong wind risk43.0county
Wildfire risk34.5county

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

Similar counties in New Hampshire

Compare Strafford with anywhere else

Put this county side by side with any other in the country, or weight the factors that matter to you and rank all 50 states.

Open Strafford in the map