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SheetNH-CENTER-OSSIPEE-NH · Center Ossipee, NH 500 pop · income 12th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Center Ossipee
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Center Ossipee on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
South Mansfie… · lowest
15,592
South Mansfie… · lowest
15,592 median HH income
14.4% of the leader · rank #1
Center Ossipee · this city
43,929
Center Ossipee · this city
43,929 median HH income
40.6% of the leader · rank #2
Pringle · near
43,929
Pringle · near
43,929 median HH income
40.6% of the leader · rank #3
Hooks · near
43,929
Hooks · near
43,929 median HH income
40.6% of the leader · rank #4
Tuleta · near
43,929
Tuleta · near
43,929 median HH income
40.6% of the leader · rank #5
Sturgis · near
43,938
Sturgis · near
43,938 median HH income
40.6% of the leader · rank #6
Mountain View · highest
108,269
Mountain View · highest
108,269 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
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Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Center Ossipee on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 500.
Center Ossipee ranks in the 12th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
12th
percentile, household income
53rd
percentile, home value
86th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Center Ossipee, NH
New Hampshire's Center Ossipee is a small town, with 500 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $43,929 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 12.4%. Home values in Center Ossipee run a median of $240,000, and the median resident age is 33.7 years. Educational attainment runs 8.2% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 73.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New Hampshire carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 104.2 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,894 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $307 across New Hampshire, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Center Ossipee workers runs 24.1 minutes, with 100.0% driving alone and 0.0% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 69.9 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Center Ossipee's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Center Ossipee, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Center Ossipee?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 100.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 24.1 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
How far does income reach against housing in Center Ossipee?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 12.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Center Ossipee?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within New Hampshire, the closest population matches are Mountain Lakes (500 residents, $43,523 income); North Woodstock (515 residents, $67,074 income); Walpole (447 residents, $71,563 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Mountain View, CO (500 residents); Williamsfield, IL (500 residents); South Mansfield, LA (500 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate F
12.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
104.2 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$43,929
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
8.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Center Ossipee profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 30/100 (F) · 12.4%
Cost of living: 23/100 (F) · 104.2 index
Household income: 12/100 (F) · $43,929
Bachelor's+ share: 2/100 (F) · 8.2%
How does Center Ossipee compare to other US cities?
Here's how Center Ossipee stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income12% higher than other cities
Home value53% pricier than other cities
Median rent86% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Center Ossipee against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Hampshire only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Hampshire-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Center Ossipee near the bottom of New Hampshire's cities
Among the 100 New Hampshire cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Center Ossipee ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Center Ossipee only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#87 of 92
5th percentile in New Hampshire
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 100
0th percentile in New Hampshire
Median Home Value
#65 of 94
31st percentile in New Hampshire
Poverty Rate
#12 of 99
88th percentile in New Hampshire
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#95 of 100
5th percentile in New Hampshire
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New Hampshire only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
12th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Center Ossipee's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$240,00047th percentilemore affordable than 47% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Center Ossipee's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,525 of 15,516
More affordable than 13% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,123 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.5×, Center Ossipee sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,525 of 15,516 and #10,123 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$43,929Center Ossipee, NH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Center Ossipee, NH median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Center Ossipee, NH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)8.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)12.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)73.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
500
Median Income
$43,929
Median Home Value
$240,000
Median Age
33.7
Poverty Rate
12.4%
Labor force participation
73.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
8.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
24.1 minutes
Drive Alone
100.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 226 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Hampshire statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $307
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Hampshire at $307 (electricity about $150 , water and sewer about $52 ).
These are New Hampshire statewide averages, not a meter reading for Center Ossipee. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Hampshire's BEA cost-of-living index is 104.2 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Center Ossipee is $1,894/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Hampshire statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 69.9 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Hampshire statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Center Ossipee sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Center Ossipee compares to similar-size New Hampshire cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.