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Place dossier plate
SheetNH-NORTH-WOODSTOCK-NH · North Woodstock, NH 515 pop · income 46th 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 North Woodstock
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest North Woodstock on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Pangburn · lowest
31,842
Pangburn · lowest
31,842 median HH income
39.7% of the leader · rank #1
North Woodsto… · this city
67,074
North Woodsto… · this city
67,074 median HH income
83.5% of the leader · rank #2
Wright · near
67,077
Wright · near
67,077 median HH income
83.5% of the leader · rank #3
Essex · near
67,082
Essex · near
67,082 median HH income
83.6% of the leader · rank #4
Carlyle · near
67,083
Carlyle · near
67,083 median HH income
83.6% of the leader · rank #5
Schneider · near
67,083
Schneider · near
67,083 median HH income
83.6% of the leader · rank #6
Bradford · highest
80,288
Bradford · highest
80,288 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for North Woodstock 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: 515.
Nationally, North Woodstock sits in the 46th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
46th
percentile, household income
66th
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: North Woodstock, NH
North Woodstock is a small town in New Hampshire, home to 515 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in North Woodstock brings in $67,074 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.6%. Typical homes in North Woodstock are valued around $304,800, and the median resident age is 57.2 years. Educational attainment runs 56.5% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 61.8% 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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,894 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $307 across New Hampshire, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 24.3 minutes, with 91.1% driving alone and 8.9% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 69.9 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of North Woodstock'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For North Woodstock, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in North Woodstock?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for North Woodstock?
Within New Hampshire, the closest population matches are Center Ossipee (500 residents, $43,929 income); Mountain Lakes (500 residents, $43,523 income); Walpole (447 residents, $71,563 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Grimes, AL (515 residents); Perdido, AL (515 residents); Elaine, AR (515 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.
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.
What does the journey to work look like in North Woodstock?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 91.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 24.3 minutes.
Below median income · poverty 3.6% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
104.2 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New Hampshire average
C
City profile score · North Woodstock, NH
55/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
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.
Bachelor's+ share A
56.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B
3.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income D
$67,074
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
North Woodstock profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 89/100 (A) · 56.5%
Poverty rate: 74/100 (B) · 3.6%
Household income: 45/100 (D) · $67,074
Cost of living: 23/100 (F) · 104.2 index
How does North Woodstock compare to other US cities?
Here's how North Woodstock stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income46% higher than other cities
Home value66% 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 North Woodstock 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 North Woodstock near the bottom of New Hampshire's cities
Among the 100 New Hampshire cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, North Woodstock ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares North Woodstock only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#60 of 92
35th percentile in New Hampshire
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 100
0th percentile in New Hampshire
Median Home Value
#42 of 94
55th percentile in New Hampshire
Poverty Rate
#48 of 99
51st percentile in New Hampshire
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#13 of 100
87th 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
46th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How North Woodstock's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$304,80034th percentilemore affordable than 34% 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
North Woodstock's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,068 of 15,516
More affordable than 22% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,231 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.5×, North Woodstock sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,068 of 15,516 and #9,231 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$67,074North Woodstock, NH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context North Woodstock, 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 North Woodstock, NH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)56.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
515
Median Income
$67,074
Median Home Value
$304,800
Median Age
57.2
Poverty Rate
3.6%
Labor force participation
61.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
56.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
24.3 minutes
Drive Alone
91.1%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
8.9%
Based on 281 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 North Woodstock. 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 North Woodstock 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 North Woodstock sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How North Woodstock 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.