Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Sullivan County has a population of 43,715 and has grown 2.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $268,700, about 3.3 times the county's median household income of $80,858.

Home price
$268,700
Income
$80,858
Population
43,715
Unemployment
3.1%

Housing

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

Median home price$268,700county
Median gross rent$1,211county
Median year homes here were built1974county
Share of homes built before 198060.7%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant24.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use18.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,696county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,747county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,332county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,418county
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$80,858county
Family health premium / yr$26,119(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,364(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.002(statewide)
Poverty rate10.1%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 home10.2%county
Unemployment rate3.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force59.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.3%county
Share of workers employed by government10.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry29.8%county
Economic output per resident$50,332county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate2.14%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 time26.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service18 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport10934county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.6 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station6.1 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.3%county
Traffic deaths4.6county
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 higher30.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.1%county
Public schools in the county28county
Public school enrollment4472county
Students per full-time teacher10.7county
Free lunch eligible37.0%county
Elementary schools15county
Middle schools5county
High schools4county
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 institution14 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians71county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter5.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year11.3%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.7%county
Frequent mental distress16.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.5%county

Place

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

Population43,715county
Land area in square miles538county
People per square mile of land81.3county
Supermarkets and grocery stores7county
Convenience stores9county
Share living far from a food store13.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract28.4%county
Population change since 2020+2.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age47.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1817.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over23.5%county
Share of households that are one person29.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.1%county
Second languages1.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls23.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents121county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents5county
Households that moved in1,344county
Households that moved away1,198county
Average income of arriving households$97,694county
Average income of departing households$86,402county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year133county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings3.0%county
Violent crime rate110(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature45°Fcounty
Annual precipitation39.4 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.71 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F8 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing163 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days137 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 18county
Average first fall frostOct 2county

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 electricity5.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas2.2%county
Homes heated by propane28.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil49.6%county
Homes heated by wood11.4%county
Households with broadband87.1%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk60.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk77.0county
Hail risk17.4county
Earthquake risk43.1county
Tornado risk22.7county
Tropical cyclone risk67.0county
Extreme heat risk44.5county
Winter weather risk48.5county
Strong wind risk24.6county
Wildfire risk13.7county

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 Sullivan 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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