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SheetNH-SOUTH-HOOKSETT-NH · South Hooksett, NH 5,806 pop · income 85th 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 South Hooksett
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest South Hooksett on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Columbia · lowest
34,328
Columbia · lowest
34,328 median HH income
29.7% of the leader · rank #1
Woodsboro · near
115,583
Woodsboro · near
115,583 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #2
White Plains · near
115,586
White Plains · near
115,586 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Lake Dalecarl… · near
115,588
Lake Dalecarl… · near
115,588 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
South Hooksett · this city
115,592
South Hooksett · this city
115,592 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Prairieville · highest
115,610
Prairieville · highest
115,610 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
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 South Hooksett 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: 5,806.
South Hooksett ranks in the 85th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
85th
percentile, household income
76th
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: South Hooksett, NH
New Hampshire's South Hooksett is a small town, with 5,806 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. South Hooksett households earn a median of $115,592 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.1%. South Hooksett's housing stock carries a median value of $383,800, and the median resident age is 35.4 years. Educational attainment runs 37.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 70.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New Hampshire carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, New Hampshire scores 104.2 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,894 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New Hampshire run around $307, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 22.6 minutes, with 76.6% driving alone and 8.0% 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 South Hooksett'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 comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For South Hooksett, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in South Hooksett?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 22.6 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for South Hooksett?
Within New Hampshire, the closest population matches are Newmarket (5,730 residents, $83,871 income); Hooksett (5,362 residents, $91,005 income); Newport (5,185 residents, $75,849 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ephraim, UT (5,805 residents); Columbia, MS (5,804 residents); Weiser, ID (5,803 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.
How far does income reach against housing in South Hooksett?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.1%, 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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
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 A
2.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income A-
$115,592
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B
37.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; 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).
South Hooksett profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 85/100 (A) · 2.1%
Household income: 84/100 (A-) · $115,592
Bachelor's+ share: 71/100 (B) · 37.3%
Cost of living: 23/100 (F) · 104.2 index
How does South Hooksett compare to other US cities?
Where South Hooksett sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income85% higher than other cities
Home value76% 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 South Hooksett 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 South Hooksett near the bottom of New Hampshire's cities
Among the 100 New Hampshire cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, South Hooksett ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares South Hooksett only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#8 of 92
91st percentile in New Hampshire
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 100
0th percentile in New Hampshire
Median Home Value
#19 of 94
80th percentile in New Hampshire
Poverty Rate
#61 of 99
35th percentile in New Hampshire
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#38 of 100
62nd 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
85th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How South Hooksett's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$383,80024th percentilemore affordable than 24% 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
South Hooksett's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,212 of 15,516
More affordable than 47% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,708 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.3×, South Hooksett sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,212 of 15,516 and #6,708 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
$115,592South Hooksett, NH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context South Hooksett, 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 South Hooksett, NH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)37.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)70.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,806
Median Income
$115,592
Median Home Value
$383,800
Median Age
35.4
Poverty Rate
2.1%
Labor force participation
70.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
37.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
22.6 minutes
Drive Alone
76.6%
Carpool
12.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.4%
Work from Home
8.0%
Other
0.8%
Based on 3,509 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 South Hooksett. 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 South Hooksett 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 South Hooksett sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How South Hooksett 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.