Estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual American Community Survey provide insights into the economic conditions facing, and resources available to, New Hampshire residents. Data averaging responses over the five-year period from 2018 to 2022, published in December 2023, allows for more statistical certainty for measurements among smaller population groups than the annual data.
Food security at the household level is defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as “access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members.” Not reaching this status is considered food insecurity. A specific USDA survey provides the official food insecurity rate nationally and for each state, ...
The construction of new housing units in New Hampshire is critical to the growth of the state’s workforce.1 Residential building construction and specialty trade contractors, which may subcontract with residential construction firms, employed a combined average of approximately 24,500 private-sector workers in New Hampshire throughout 2022.2
Download a PDF version of this Fact Sheet here. Child Care is Unaffordable for Most Granite State Families In 2022, the average annual price for an infant in center-based child care in New Hampshire was $15,340, and $10,140 annually for family child care. The average annual price for both an infant and a four-year old ...
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 ...
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 ...