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03253

Meredith, NH · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
6,707
Median household income
$84,719
People below poverty
7.8%
Median home value
$482,700

Income

The median income of households in 03253 was $84,719. An estimated 4.7% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 18.1% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 03253 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 4.7
$10,000 to $14,999 4
$15,000 to $24,999 7.8
$25,000 to $34,999 6.8
$35,000 to $49,999 11.2
$50,000 to $74,999 12.5
$75,000 to $99,999 9.1
$100,000 to $149,999 15.2
$150,000 to $199,999 10.7
$200,000 or more 18.1

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 03253 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 64167
Female 65669

An estimated 63.3% of households received earnings. An estimated 48% of households received Social Security and an estimated 37.3 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $26,924. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 03253 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 63.3
Social Security 48
Retirement income 37.3
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 6.4
Cash public assistance income 2.2

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 7.8 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 10.2% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 6.8% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 7.8% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 03253 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 7.8
Children under 18 years below poverty 10.2
People 65 years old and over below poverty 6.8
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 7.8

In 2020-2024, 5.1 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 60.5% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 41.4% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 40.1% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 03253 in 2020-2024, 90.2% had health insurance coverage and 9.8% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 69.2% and public coverage was 43%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 15.9%.


In 2020-2024, 03253 had a total population of 6,707 - 3,259 (48.6%) females and 3,448 (51.4%) males. The median age was 55.7 years. An estimated 12.6% of the population was under 18 years, 22.4% was 19 to 44 years, 28.2% was 45 to 64 years, and 34.4 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 03253 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 27 63
5 to 9 110 84
10 to 14 132 257
15 to 19 151 189
20 to 24 226 155
25 to 29 147 116
30 to 34 216 122
35 to 39 142 158
40 to 44 127 88
45 to 49 202 189
50 to 54 223 158
55 to 59 309 279
60 to 64 268 261
65 to 69 211 279
70 to 74 270 474
75 to 79 314 97
80 to 84 88 159
85 and over 285 131

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 96.6% were White; 0.3% were Black or African American; 21.5% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 1.6% were Asian; 0.3% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 1% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 0.6% of the people in 03253 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 96.4% of the people in 03253 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 3,009 households in 03253. The average household size was 2.17 people.

Married-couple households made up 50.2% of the households in 03253 while cohabiting couple households made up 5% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 18.7% of all households, while 26.1% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 21.6% of households were male householders living alone, and 14.3% were female householders living alone, for a total of 35.9% of all households.

In 03253, 18.1% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 51% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 03253 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 50.2
Cohabiting Couples 5
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
26.1
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
18.7

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 50.9% of males and 55.2% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 29.3 20.6
Now married, except separated 50.9 55.2
Separated 0.7 1.6
Widowed 8.7 12.4
Divorced 10.5 10.2

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 03253, 68 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 2.9% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 94.6% of the people living in 03253 were U.S. natives. 38.7% of the 03253 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 5.4% of 03253 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 70.5% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 100 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 03253 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 03253.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 03253 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 7.8
Asia 27.9
Europe 42.3
Africa 0
Northern America 22
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 03253 in 2020-2024, 3.3 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 0.4% of people at least five years old; 0.2% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 03253 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 0.4
Other Indo-European languages 1.3
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 1.6
Other languages 0

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 92.9 % of the people at least one year old living in 03253 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 03253 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 92.9
Different house, same county 1.5
Different county, same state 3.7
Different state 1.9
Abroad 0

Education

In 2020-2024, 95.7 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 46% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 4.4% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 03253 was 1,024 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 10 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 826. College or graduate school enrollment was 188.

Educational Attainment of People in 03253 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 4.4
High school diploma or equivalency 22.1
Some college, no degree 19.3
Associate's degree 8.2
Bachelor's degree 27
Graduate or professional degree 19.1

Disability

In 03253, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 13.9 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 0.4% of people under 18 years old, to 7.8% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 29.5% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 03253, 50.1 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 47.9% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 70.5% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 17.6% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 11.5 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 2,116 70.5
Federal, state, or local government workers 527 17.6
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 345 11.5

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 03253 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 03253 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 0.5
Construction 10.2
Manufacturing 8.4
Wholesale trade 1.9
Retail trade 10.3
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 1.5
Information 3.7
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 6.9
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 15.8
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 23.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 8.5
Other Services, except public administration 5.5
Public administration 3.2

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 03253 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 1,334 44.4
Service occupations 415 13.8
Sales and office occupations 628 20.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 303 10.1
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 322 10.7

Commuting to Work

An estimated 61.2% of 03253 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 8.7% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 26.4 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 03253 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 61.2
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 8.7
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0
Walked 4.6
Other means 2.1
Worked from home 23.4

In 2020-2024, 03253 had a total of 5,005 housing units. Of these housing units, 80.6% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 14.5% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 4.9% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 03253 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 80.6
Apartments in multi-unit structures 14.5
Mobile homes 4.9
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

5.9% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 22.7% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 03253 was 5.5 rooms, and of these housing units 55.8% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 03253 had 3,009 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 1,996 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 75.5% while renters occupied 24.5%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.3 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.79.

2% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 14.3% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 7.5% and another 26% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 03253:

House Heating Fuel Used in 03253 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 35.4
Electricity 9.6
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 47.8
All other fuels 6.2
No fuel used 1.1

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 03253 was $482,700.

Of the owner-occupied households, 47.2 % had a mortgage. 52.8% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $2,374 and for owners without a mortgage it was $845.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 03253 was $1,149. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.