Strafford County, New Hampshire

• White (non-Hispanic) 116,178 87.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,248 3.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,520 1.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 3,598 2.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,387 4.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 19 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 625 0.5%

• Under 18 23,399 17.6%
• 18–24 19,080 14.4%
• 25–44 34,243 25.8%
• 45–64 33,201 25.0%
• 65 and over 22,652 17.1%

Median household income

$82,816

90% interval $77,685–$87,947

−$17,548 vs NH · 8th of 10

Below poverty line

8.6%

90% interval 6.9%–10.3%

+1.3 pp vs NH · 4th of 10

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.7%

−0.42 pp vs. state

County GDP

$8.0B

6.69% of state

Avg. annual pay

$67,546

Establishments

3,162

• Education & health services 11,382 24.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 9,270 19.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,307 11.4%
• Manufacturing 5,277 11.3%
• Professional & business services 4,534 9.7%
• Public administration 2,087 4.5%
• Construction 1,761 3.8%
• Other services 1,663 3.6%
• Financial activities 1,463 3.1%
• Information 290 0.6%
• Natural resources & mining 188 0.4%
• Unclassified 62 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 92.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

67.1%

−5.7 pp vs NH · 10th of 10

Median gross rent

$1,488

−$3 vs NH · 3rd of 10

Owner-occupied

34,950

Renter-occupied

17,130

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $99,799/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $28,406/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 42,374 55.5%
• Republican 33,163 43.5%
• Other / third-party 786 1.0%

• Spanish 1,712 1.4%
• Chinese 830 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 639 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 412 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 313 0.2%
• Korean 217 0.2%
• Tagalog 200 0.2%
• Arabic 113 0.1%
• Vietnamese 4 0.0%

Households

52,080

Family households

31,725

60.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

8,868

28.0% of families

Single-mother families

2,252

7.1% of families

Veterans

7,932

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 18,417 14.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 7,076 5.4%
• Mainline Protestant 3,955 3.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,463 1.1%
• Orthodox 225 0.2%

Health insured

94.8%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

5.2%

±0.8 pp

8th of 10

With a disability

13.7%

±0.8 pp

8th of 10

Bachelor's or higher

39.3%

±1.5 pp

−1.3 pp vs NH · 4th of 10

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.3%

90% interval 4.7%–5.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Strafford County Superior Court

Judges

1 (New Hampshire Superior Court Justice, approximate primary/resident assignment per county branch. NH has ~24 Justices statewide who rotate assignments among the 10 county branches under a unified bench (RSA § 491), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Hillsborough County uniquely operates two branches (Manchester / North and Nashua / South). Vintage 2026 courts.nh.gov roster.)

Court seats

Dover

Traffic fatalities

7

6.41 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7