The estimated median household income in New Hampshire was $96,838, based on data collected by the American Community Survey during 2023. This median income estimate increased from the $89,992 estimated for 2022, even after adjusting for inflation and accounting for statistical uncertainty. In 2022, median household income fell behind inflation, and purchasing power dropped relative to 2021. The 2023 data show ...
Data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau from 2018 to 2022 show a substantial difference between renters and homeowners in access to vehicles, including automobiles, vans, and trucks kept for use by household members. While only two percent of homeowner households in New Hampshire reported not having access to a vehicle and 75 percent had ...
Of the estimated 569,493 households in New Hampshire in 2023, 25 percent, or one in four, had pre-tax incomes below $50,000 annually. About 17 percent had incomes lower than $35,000, and nearly 11 percent had estimated incomes below $25,000 during 2023. About 48 percent had incomes over $100,000, and almost 16 percent had incomes of ...
Survey data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides insights into the number of households experiencing food insecurity. During the 2021-2023 period, approximately 42,300 New Hampshire households (7.4 percent) were food insecure. Food insecurity during the 2021-2023 period in New Hampshire was higher than during 2019-2021, following national trends. Recent declines in food insecurity ...
New Hampshire has had a continuing balance of unspent federal TANF dollars which are carried over each year. At the end of State Fiscal Year 2024, the State had a balance of nearly $74.5 million, an increase of about $3.3 million from the prior year, after adjusting for inflation to the most recent year. Annual ...
States are given the flexibility to spend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) dollars in a variety of ways, as long as the uses align with the federal program’s purposes. Similarly to national trends, the majority of TANF funds in New Hampshire are spent on basic cash assistance, which accounted for about 43 percent of ...