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Sullivan County, NH

Demographic and economic profile of Sullivan County, NH, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Sullivan County, NH is a small rural county of 43,529 residents with a 75.4% homeownership rate, median home values of $236,300, and median gross rent of $1,159/month, reflecting relatively affordable housing by New England standards. The labor force participation rate stands at 58.1%, with 30.5% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher and a median worker earnings figure of $47,451, supported by a low 2.3% unemployment rate. The county's median age of 47.0 years and modest 5-year population growth of 0.9% point to a stable but slowly expanding workforce in a predominantly domestic-born community, with a foreign-born share of just 2.2%.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

43,529

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$80,858

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

47.0 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

+0.9% since 2018

Sullivan County added population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone40,275 (92.1%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races1,450 (3.3%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race990 (2.3%)
  • Some Other Race Alone507 (1.2%)
  • Black or African American Alone339 (0.8%)
  • Asian Alone125 (0.3%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish407
  2. 2.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)142
  3. 3.German or other West Germanic124
  4. 4.Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)116
  5. 5.Other Indo-European69

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

18.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

58.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

23.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

2.1%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

3,617

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$37,673

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

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Per Capita Income

$41,921

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

2.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

10.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance6,400
  2. 2.Manufacturing (Group)3,161
  3. 3.Retail Trade (Group)2,786
  4. 4.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services1,879
  5. 5.Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodation & Food Services1,379

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations8,095
  2. 2.Sales & Office Occupations4,184
  3. 3.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations4,063
  4. 4.Service Occupations3,421
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations1,699

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Information (LQ 1.59×)624
  2. 2.Manufacturing (LQ 1.41×)2,929
  3. 3.Retail Trade (LQ 1.41×)3,201
  4. 4.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.23×)6,001
  5. 5.Wholesale Trade (LQ 1.17×)562

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$236,300

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$1,159/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

75.4%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $300,000 to $399,9992,195 (17.5%)
  • $200,000 to $249,9992,096 (16.7%)
  • $250,000 to $299,9991,754 (14.0%)
  • $500,000 to $749,9991,222 (9.8%)
  • $400,000 to $499,999999 (8.0%)
  • $175,000 to $199,999712 (5.7%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

30.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

91.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

58.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$47,451

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

26.1 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

5.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone16,254 (77.2%)
  • Worked At Home2,158 (10.2%)
  • Carpooled1,762 (8.4%)
  • Walked492 (2.3%)
  • Other270 (1.3%)
  • Taxi106 (0.5%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.