Education in New Hampshire: Fiscal Policies in 2023

Download a PDF version of this Fact Sheet here. Number of Students in New Hampshire Schools Continues to Decline About 40,300 fewer students were in New Hampshire public schools the last academic year than during 2002-2003. This reduction is driven by long-term demographic changes, as New Hampshire had the largest percentage decline in its child ...

Housing in New Hampshire: Shortage Raises Costs

Download a PDF version of this Fact Sheet here. Median Single-Family House Sale Prices and Interest Rates are Rising The median sale price for a single-family house in the Granite State reached $499,000 in June 2023, a 51.2 percent increase from June 2020 and the highest monthly median sale price recorded. Using a 6.64 percent ...

Health in New Hampshire: Data and Policies in 2023

Download a PDF version of this Fact Sheet here. Health Care Costs Remain Significant for Granite State Families The Massachusetts Institute of Technology estimated a family of two adults and one child in New Hampshire would pay about $9,022 annually for medical costs, or about 7.2 percent of median household income for three-person families in ...

Living Expenses, Financial Vulnerability, and Poverty in New Hampshire

Download the PDF version of this Fact Sheet here. Median Household Incomes by Family Type The estimated 2022 median household income in New Hampshire was $89,992. Between 2017 and 2021, the median income for a married-couple family with at least one child in New Hampshire was $133,000, while median incomes for single male householders with ...

Analysis of New Hampshire Business Tax Rate Reductions Finds Significant Revenue Losses

NHFPI’s August 2023 analysis of rate reductions for the State’s Business Profits Tax (BPT) and Business Enterprise Tax (BET) implemented between 2015 and 2022 estimated the State lost between $496 million and $729 million in revenue due to these reductions. Between State Fiscal Years 2015 and 2022, combined BPT and BET revenues increased 118 percent, ...

Addressing New Hampshire’s Affordable Housing Shortage With American Rescue Plan Act Funds

Granite Staters face a significant housing shortage, and relatively flexible funds made available through the American Rescue Plan Act can be used to create more affordable housing. The statewide median price of a single-family home rose 54 percent from January 2018 to January 2022, and the 2021 two-bedroom rental vacancy rate was 0.6 percent. The ...