Amherst, New Hampshire


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Amherst
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Elevation:268 feet
Foreign born:5.0% (1.9% Europe, 1.5% Asia, 1.1% North America)
County:Hillsborough
Races
White Non-Hispanic:96.2%
Hispanic:1.0%
Two or more races:0.9%
Chinese:0.7%
Marital Status
Now married:72.6%
Never married:18.0%
Divorced:5.4%
Widowed:3.4%
Separated:0.6%
Median
House value:$207,800
Household income:$89,384
Resident age:38.7 years
Amherst Compared to New Hampshire State Average
Number of college students:below
Median house value:above
Number of rooms per house:much above
Hispanic race population percentage:much below
Black race population percentage:much below
Unemployed percentage:below
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher:above
Median age:above
Renting percentage:much below
Median household income:above
Education
High school or higher:96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher:55.6%
Graduate or professional degree:22.4%
Unemployed:2.3%
Crime Statistics
2002 larceny counts:178 (1602.0 per 100,000)
2002 crime index:84.7 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime
2002 burglaries:6 (54.0 per 100,000)
2002 robberies:3 (27.0 per 100,000)
2002 assault:1 (9.0 per 100,000)
2002 auto theft:1 (9.0 per 100,000)
2002 rape:1 (9.0 per 100,000)
2002 murders:none
Ancestries
Irish:22.4%
English:21.5%
German:15.4%
Italian:10.5%
French:9.0%
French Canadian:6.5%
 

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Merrimack, NH6.69 miles (10.77 km) 
Litchfield, NH7.48 miles (12.03 km) 
Lyndeborough, NH7.83 miles (12.60 km) 
Bedford, NH8.08 miles (13.01 km) 
Hollis, NH8.36 miles (13.45 km) 
New Boston, NH8.66 miles (13.94 km) 
Brookline, NH8.92 miles (14.35 km) 
Nashua, NH10.41 miles (16.75 km)87,705
Goffstown, NH11.06 miles (17.80 km) 
Greenville, NH11.51 miles (18.52 km) 
Hudson, NH11.55 miles (18.58 km) 
Temple, NH11.85 miles (19.08 km) 
Manchester, NH12.68 miles (20.40 km)108,398
Londonderry, NH12.75 miles (20.52 km) 
Francestown, NH12.88 miles (20.74 km) 
Pepperell, MA13.66 miles (21.98 km) 
Greenfield, NH13.95 miles (22.45 km) 
New Ipswich, NH14.01 miles (22.55 km) 
Townsend, MA14.06 miles (22.63 km) 
Dunstable, MA14.78 miles (23.79 km) 
Derry, NH15.17 miles (24.41 km) 
Amherst, New Hampshire ZIP Codes: 03031