Census-designated place · Strafford County, New Hampshire

Farmington, New Hampshire

Farmington is a census-designated place in Strafford County, New Hampshire, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area. It has 3,924 residents. Farmington, New Hampshire has a quality-of-life score of 61 out of 100 (high), ranking #6,036 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Hampshire it ranks #60 of 66 cities and towns. It ranks best on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low), mental health care shortage (low) and distance to an Amtrak station (low). It ranks worst on drought exposure (high), frequent mental distress (high) and depression (high).

61High

Quality-of-life score: #6,036 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Hampshire: #60 of 66 in NH
Population: 3,924 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 627.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 3325940

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety78#3,497/15,637
Economy33#10,488/15,631
Housing48#7,830/14,977
Health31#10,793/15,609
Healthcare69#4,872/15,650
Environment77#3,620/15,453
Education59#6,412/15,649
Infrastructure62#6,024/15,650
Community69#4,817/15,651
Leisure & amenities39#9,608/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Farmington, New Hampshire ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Strafford County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.5 µg/m³
94/100New Hampshire 5.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyStrafford County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100New Hampshire 1.3United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationStrafford County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low6 mi
89/100New Hampshire 21 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauStrafford County value
Students per teacher · low11.6×
89/100New Hampshire 11.4×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsStrafford County value
Violent crime rate · low104 /100k
85/100New Hampshire 118 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationStrafford County value
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100New Hampshire 0.7United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationStrafford County value

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high99%
2/100New Hampshire 63%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAStrafford County value
Frequent mental distress · high21.6%
7/100New Hampshire 17.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Depression · high29.4%
8/100New Hampshire 23.7%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Job growth · low-2.7%
8/100New Hampshire -1.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataStrafford County value
Comfortable days · low23.2%
10/100New Hampshire 22.2%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationStrafford County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low11.8%
11/100New Hampshire 40.7%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
4,477 (2015-2019) → 3,924 (2020-2024)
−12%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.4% (2015-2019) → 94.7% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
56.9% (2015-2019) → 44.7% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.0× (2015-2019) → 4.2× (2020-2024)
+41%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeImproving
35.2% (2015-2019) → 28.9% (2020-2024)
−6.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
19.9% (2015-2019) → 15.7% (2020-2024)
−4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Farmington, New Hampshire improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+15 points79.4% → 94.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Farmington, New Hampshire between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	37.7 min2015-2019	30.0 min2020-2024	−7.7 min	Within the margin of error	96%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Broadband subscriptions	79.4%2015-2019	94.7%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	81%
Effective property tax rate	2.27%2015-2019	1.56%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	97%
High school diploma or higher	87.7%2015-2019	85.6%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	4.2×2020-2024	+1.2×	Within the margin of error	15%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3662015-2019	0.3982020-2024	+0.031	Within the margin of error	26%
Median household income	$56,0002015-2019	$55,0292020-2024	−1.7%	Within the margin of error	6%
Poverty rate	11.6%2015-2019	14.0%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Rent as share of income	35.2%2015-2019	28.9%2020-2024	−6.3 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Rent-burdened households	56.9%2015-2019	44.7%2020-2024	−12 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.4%2015-2019	8.1%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	27%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Farmington, New Hampshire five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Farmington, New Hampshire in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Farmington, New Hampshire itself moved +6.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,924 residents (±318)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,924 residents (±318)

Farmington, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

White93%3,650
Black1.9%†74
Hispanic or Latino0.7%†28
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races4.4%†172

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Black (+1.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

2,923 residents (±363)

Farmington, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

No high school diploma14%†422
High school or GED41%1,189
Some college20%†582
Associate degree13%†386
Bachelor's degree9.6%†280
Graduate degree2.2%†64

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,678 households (±217)

Farmington, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

Under $25k19%†320
$25k–50k24%†395
$50k–75k24%†401
$75k–100k6.6%†111
$100k–150k20%†331
$150k–200k5.5%†93
$200k or more1.6%†27

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−12.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,678 households (±217)

Farmington, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

Own65%1,095
Rent35%583

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

573 households (±164)

Farmington, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

Under $75023%†129
$750–1,00017%†99
$1,000–1,50037%†

Home values

1,095 homes (±248)

Farmington, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

Under $150k13%†145
$150k–250k46%†499
$250k–400k22%†241

Age of homes

1,754 homes (±196)

Farmington, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

2010 or later7.1%†124
2000–200910%†181
1980–199912%†

Size of homes

1,754 homes (±196)

Farmington, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

Studio4.7%†83
1 bedroom20%†356
2 bedrooms28%†492

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,204 workers (±359)

Farmington, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

Drive alone76%1,686
Carpool7.2%†159
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.8%†18
Bike0.0%0
Work from home12%†256
Other3.9%†85

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,948 workers (±361)

Farmington, New Hampshire
New Hampshire share

Under 15 min22%†421
15–29 min29%†567
30–44 min35%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Strafford County, the county holding most of Farmington's residents.

Strafford County has 2,729 employer establishments, 204 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.73× New Hampshire's), with 39,697 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,996. The Census Bureau also counts 9,428 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,729; 9,428 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 204; US 248 · New Hampshire 280
Paid employees: 39,697
Average annual pay: $55,996; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Strafford County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	247	18.5	1.19×About typical	1,574	$74,057	850
Restaurants and other eating places	241	18	0.98×About typical	4,115	$22,760	24
Ambulatory health care services	213	15.9	0.76×Fewer than typical	2,068	$100,095	440
Building equipment contractors	118	8.8	1.47×More than typical	797	$74,455	174
Services to buildings and dwellings	117	8.8	1.30×More than typical	627	$46,024	447
Full-service restaurants	98	7.3	0.96×About typical	2,120	$23,623	12
Limited-service restaurants	94	7	0.88×About typical	1,407	$23,074	9
Automotive repair and maintenance	89	6.7	1.32×More than typical	432	$52,398	92
Lessors of real estate	88	6.6	0.53×Fewer than typical	285	$55,309	950
Offices of physicians	79	5.9	0.91×About typical	650	$186,398	68
Construction of buildings	74	5.5	0.73×Fewer than typical	308	$60,396	348
Landscaping services	71	5.3	1.52×More than typical	329	$49,818	131

Rank places for an industry Open Strafford County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 133,595 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Farmington, New Hampshire: $0 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $2,007
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

ANGELO SASSI & SON PLUMBING & HEATING, INC.$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

53.8KFY2017
56.3KFY2019
47.4KFY2020
19.9KFY2021
25KFY2022
99KFY2023
10.6KFY2024
5.3KFY2025
0

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Farmington, New Hampshire, so they do not add up across cities.

Farmington, New Hampshire's figures are part of those of Strafford County, NH ($14.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Farmington is mostly in Strafford County.

See federal money in Strafford County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Farmington, New Hampshire is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Chris PappasD-NH-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 90%Missed 0.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Strafford County90100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH89

Other cities and towns in Strafford County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

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Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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