Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety93#66/924
Economy97#27/925
Housing45#506/925
Health95#48/925
Healthcare99#12/923
Environment89#98/917
Education91#86/925
Infrastructure82#164/925
Community99#8/925
Leisure & amenities68#298/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Concord, NH micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Poor or fair health · low13.5%
99/100New Hampshire 13.9%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Lack of reliable transportation · low6.1%
98/100New Hampshire 6.1%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Poverty rate · low7.6%
98/100New Hampshire 7.3%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.2 /10k
98/100New Hampshire 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Food insecurity · low9.9%
97/100New Hampshire 10.1%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Child poverty rate · low7.7%
96/100New Hampshire 7.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high1.80%
4/100New Hampshire 1.50%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Comfortable days · low23.0%
9/100New Hampshire 22.2%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Drought exposure · high80%
14/100New Hampshire 64%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Average commute time · high26.6 min
15/100New Hampshire 26.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Job growth · low-1.7%
19/100New Hampshire -1.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Grocery stores · low1.2 /10k
26/100New Hampshire 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
11% (2021) → 80% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+69 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
7.4 /1k (2020) → 11.4 /1k (2025)
+55%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
27.2 /100k (2021) → 14.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−49%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
23.0% (2020 & 2021) → 31.9% (2023 & 2024)
+8.9 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
77.3% (2010 & 2021) → 85.4% (2022 & 2024)
+8 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$59,117 (2019) → $77,755 (2024)
+32%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

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, Concord, NH micropolitan area improved on 15 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 8 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Property tax−0.5 points2.28% → 1.80%
Suicides−50%24.0 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Firearm deaths−19%11.0 /100k → 8.9 /100k
Overdose deaths−50%27.9 /100k → 14.0 /100k
Gyms+22%1.8 /10k → 2.2 /10k

Declined6

Pharmacies−30%2.8 /10k → 2.0 /10k
Poverty+1.1 points6.5% → 7.6%
Violent crime+11%112 /100k → 124 /100k
Price / income+0.7×3.1× → 3.8×
Grocery stores−7.4%1.3 /10k → 1.2 /10k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Concord, NH micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.5 /10k2020	6.2 /10k2025	+14%	Improved	62%
Average commute time	27.1 min2015-2019	26.6 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	77%
Average weekly wage	$1,1322020	$1,3652025	+21%	Improved	26%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%2015-2019	38.9%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Improved	61%
Broadband subscriptions	86.5%2015-2019	92.8%2020-2024	+6.2 points	Improved	17%
Child poverty rate	6.6%2015-2019	7.7%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Distance to an airport	24 mi2020	24 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	27.9 /100k2020	14.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−50%	Improved	81%
Effective property tax rate	2.28%2015-2019	1.80%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Improved	98%
Firearm deaths	11.0 /100k2020	8.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−19%	Improved	81%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−7.4%	Declined	28%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.8 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	+22%	Improved	73%
High school diploma or higher	93.2%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	29%
Income adjusted for local prices	$59,1172019	$77,7552024	+32%	Improved	49%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4272015-2019	0.4402020-2024	+0.013	Within the margin of error	23%
Median household income	$75,7372015-2019	$97,0042020-2024	+28%	Improved	55%
New business applications	7.4 /1k2020	11.4 /1k2025	+55%	Improved	64%
Pharmacies	2.8 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−30%	Declined	9%
Poverty rate	6.5%2015-2019	7.6%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Declined	12%
Property crime rate	1,034 /100k2020	814 /100k2025	−21%	Improved	26%
Public libraries	2.0 /10k2019	1.9 /10k2024	−3.8%	Little change	32%
Public transit commuters	0.3%2015-2019	0.2%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Rent as share of income	28.3%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Rent-burdened households	45.1%2015-2019	44.8%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Restaurants and bars	7.3 /10k2020	7.7 /10k2025	+6.2%	Improved	69%
Suicide rate	24.0 /100k2020	12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−50%	Improved	99%
Traffic deaths	10.9 /100k2015-2019	11.7 /100k2020-2024	+6.9%	Declined	50%
Unemployment rate	5.9%2020	2.8%2025	−3.1 points	Improved	55%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.8%2015-2019	6.3%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Violent crime rate	112 /100k2020	124 /100k2025	+11%	Declined	17%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Concord, NH micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Concord, NH micropolitan area 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, Concord, NH micropolitan area itself moved +2.9 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

155,967 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

60,901 households (±490)

Concord, NH micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k10%6,217
$25k–50k14%8,766
$50k–75k14%8,703

Homes

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

Owners and renters

60,901 households (±490)

Concord, NH micropolitan area
United States share

Own73%44,754
Rent27%16,147

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.7 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

79,894 workers (±1,217)

Concord, NH micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone73%58,441
Carpool8.2%6,544
Public transit0.2%†177

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 no occupation wages for Concord, NH micropolitan area.

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.

Concord, NH has 4,213 employer establishments, 269 for every 10,000 residents (1.08× the US rate of 248), with 62,841 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,356. The Census Bureau also counts 12,691 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,213; 12,691 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 269; US 248
Paid employees: 62,841
Average annual pay: $60,356; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	388	24.7	1.60×More than typical	2,500	$76,259	1,208
Restaurants and other eating places	289	18.4	1.00×About typical	4,926	$25,417	56
Ambulatory health care services	250	15.9	0.76×Fewer than typical	4,271	$84,746	594
Building equipment contractors	188	12	1.99×More than typical	1,223	$75,863	241
Services to buildings and dwellings	165	10.5	1.56×More than typical	1,291	$55,726	581
Automotive repair and maintenance	131	8.4	1.66×More than typical	588	$55,796	162
Construction of buildings	127	8.1	1.07×About typical	791	$93,370	518
Full-service restaurants	124	7.9	1.03×About typical	2,444	$28,860	18
Lessors of real estate	116	7.4	0.60×Fewer than typical	777	$61,656	1,406
Landscaping services	115	7.3	2.09×More than typical	896	$62,127	210
Limited-service restaurants	107	6.8	0.85×About typical	1,699	$23,942	33
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	99	6.3	1.91×More than typical	823	$79,521	120

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 156,883 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $36.3M on contracts performed in Concord, NH micropolitan area: $230 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $36.3M; −67% vs FY2025
Per resident: $230; US $1,994
Sole-source: 32%; US 30%
Single offer: 41%; US 8.8%

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

Top buying agencies

U.S. Marshals Service$12.7M35%
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$5M14%
Public Buildings Service$4.8M13%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$3.3M9.0%
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office$2.8M7.6%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.2M3.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1.2M3.3%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$910K2.5%

Top recipients

MERCHANTS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, LLC$12.5M34%
HADRON INDUSTRIES, INC.$8.3M23%
PRENAX INC$4.1M11%
DAE SUNG LLC$2.6M7.2%
SCHROEDER CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT INC$1.9M5.2%

Spending by fiscal year

41MFY2017
42.8MFY2018
39MFY2019
107.2MFY2020
64.7MFY2021
25.7MFY2022
44.2MFY2023
18.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Automotive repair and maintenance · 8111$12.5M34%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$8.5M23%
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information services · 5192$3.4M9.3%
Facilities support services · 5612$2.6M7.3%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$2.2M6.1%
Scientific research and development services · 5417

Largest awards

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO CREATE A SINGULAR ENVIRONMENT FOR THE IRS TO DESIGN, BUILD, MODIFY, LOG, TEST, AND DEPLOY SOFTWARE, USING INFRASTRUCTURE-AS-CODE TOOLS AND PRACTICES.$49.7M
HADRON INDUSTRIES, INC.· Merrimack County, NH· IT & telecom· Mar 31, 2025 – Jul 2, 2026· 2032H525F00081
LWW BMJ SUBSCRIPTION ACCESS$18.6M
PRENAX INC· Merrimack County, NH· Professional services· Sep 20, 2022 – Aug 5, 2026· 36C77622C0133
MISSION CRITICAL NATIONAL VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SERVICE CONTRACT BPA CALL$13.1M
MERCHANTS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, LLC· Merrimack County, NH· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 25, 2025 – Sep 21, 2026· 15M10326FA4700015

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.7B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Concord, NH micropolitan area: $10,443 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.7B; +3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10,443; US $12,955
Loan face value: $58.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$795.7M48%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$540M33%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$95.7M5.8%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$82.3M5.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$51.9M3.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$13.9M0.8%
84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$13.2M0.8%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$11.2M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY$549.4M33%
HOOKSETT, NH
CONCORD HOUSING AUTHORITY$5.5M0.3%
CONCORD, NH
COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM BELKNAP-MERRIMACK COUNTIES, INC.$5.1M0.3%
CONCORD, NH
THE CARD SAYS MOOPS LLC$4.1M0.2%
CONCORD, NH
NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE$3M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$957.2M58%
Department of Education$558.4M34%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$95.2M5.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$12M0.7%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

1.2BFY2021
1.1BFY2022
1.4BFY2023
1.5BFY2024
1.6BFY2025
1.7BFY2026

County aggregates

64%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Concord, NH

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Merrimack CountyCentral county97158,078

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

ConcordPrincipal city44,375

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in New Hampshire

Areas based in New Hampshire, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved15

Declined6

Metro and micro areas like Concord, NH micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Concord, NH

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in New Hampshire

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved15

Declined6

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought