Housing density: 218 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $227,726.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,087 (lower quartile is $974, upper quartile is $1,297)
Median gross rent in Atkinson, NH in 2022: $1,115
Housing units in Atkinson with a mortgage: 1,426 (116 second mortgage, 146 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 365
In family households: 247,693 (57,848 male householders, 21,984 female householders)
64,858 spouses, 85,601 children (80,134 natural, 2,077 adopted, 3,390 stepchildren), 3,954 grandchildren, 1,562 brothers or sisters, 2,352 parents, foster children, 1,664 other relatives, 5,842 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 45,032 (17,024 male householders (12,402 living alone)), 18,177 female householders (14,574 living alone)), 9,831 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,498 (1,438 institutionalized population)
57,723 married couples with children.
11,266 single-parent households (3,032 men, 8,234 women).
91.7% of residents of Atkinson speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
6.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 37% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 429 (6.0%)
(102.1% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Atkinson, New Hampshire
151995 to March 2000
161990 to 1994
01985 to 1989
261980 to 1984
331975 to 1979
341970 to 1974
421965 to 1969
96Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 1,814 (22.9%)
English: 1,256 (15.8%)
Italian: 873 (11.0%)
French: 764 (9.6%)
German: 652 (8.2%)
Other: 584 (7.4%)
French Canadian: 318 (4.0%)
Polish: 318 (4.0%)
Scottish: 298 (3.8%)
United States: 202 (2.5%)
Greek: 134 (1.7%)
Scotch-Irish: 114 (1.4%)
Dutch: 88 (1.1%)
Norwegian: 84 (1.1%)
Swedish: 84 (1.1%)
Lithuanian: 74 (0.9%)
Arab: 73 (0.9%)
Portuguese: 59 (0.7%)
Russian: 43 (0.5%)
Welsh: 35 (0.4%)
Slovak: 19 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.2%)
Danish: 9 (0.1%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Poland
Atkinson:
17.2% (45)
New Hampshire:
1.7% (931)
Canada
Atkinson:
10.7% (28)
New Hampshire:
22.9% (12,397)
Iran
Atkinson:
8.4% (22)
New Hampshire:
0.6% (338)
India
Atkinson:
8.0% (21)
New Hampshire:
4.7% (2,530)
Portugal
Atkinson:
7.3% (19)
New Hampshire:
1.5% (835)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Atkinson:
7.3% (19)
New Hampshire:
0.3% (176)
Italy
Atkinson:
6.1% (16)
New Hampshire:
1.5% (813)
United Kingdom
Atkinson:
5.7% (15)
New Hampshire:
8.1% (4,396)
Dominican Republic
Atkinson:
5.0% (13)
New Hampshire:
2.3% (1,227)
Romania
Atkinson:
3.8% (10)
New Hampshire:
0.9% (483)
Hungary
Atkinson:
3.4% (9)
New Hampshire:
0.6% (307)
Cuba
Atkinson:
3.4% (9)
New Hampshire:
0.5% (252)
Greece
Atkinson:
3.1% (8)
New Hampshire:
2.3% (1,261)
Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion
Atkinson:
3.1% (8)
New Hampshire:
0.2% (116)
Korea
Atkinson:
2.7% (7)
New Hampshire:
2.9% (1,582)
Lebanon
Atkinson:
2.7% (7)
New Hampshire:
0.9% (489)
Germany
Atkinson:
2.3% (6)
New Hampshire:
4.9% (2,670)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 421
Other state: 5,468
Northeast: 4,943
Midwest: 227
South: 206
West: 92
63% of Atkinson residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 10% lived in New Hampshire.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 9
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 16
9th grade: 27
10th grade: 0
11th grade: 53
12th grade, no diploma: 32
High school graduate (or equivalency): 455
Less than 1 year of college: 119
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 348
Associate degree: 183
Bachelor's degree: 607
Master's degree: 214
Professional school degree: 55
Doctorate degree: 22
Education attainment for females 25 years and older: