Portsmouth, NH (New Hampshire) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 20,443 (Urban population: 20,261, Rural population: 182 (all nonfarm))

Portsmouth, New Hampshire Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 10,183 (9,874 occupied: 4,924 owner occupied, 4,950 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	50%
State:	30%

Housing density: 652 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $932 (lower quartile is $653, upper quartile is $1,279)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $793

Median gross rent in Portsmouth, NH in 2007: $1,012

Housing units in Portsmouth with a mortgage: 2,532 (246 second mortgage, 331 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,187

Portsmouth,NH index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $339,703 (it was $164,500 in 2000)

Portsmouth:	$339,703
New Hampshire:	$261,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $238,963 - $442,689

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $398,001
Here: $398,001
State: $325,636

Townhouses or other attached units: $324,738
Here: $324,738
State: $264,940

In 2-unit structures: $435,341
Here: $435,341
State: $286,159

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $329,617
Here: $329,617
State: $259,257

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $338,095
Here: $338,095
State: $195,820

Mobile homes: $39,575
Here: $39,575
State: $42,127

Household type by relationship

Households: 20,174

In family households: 13,895 (3,555 male householders, 1,399 female householders)
3,847 spouses, 4,190 children (3,896 natural, 94 adopted, 200 stepchildren), 134 grandchildren, 136 brothers or sisters, 47 parents, 192 other relatives, 395 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 6,279 (2,209 male householders (1,624 living alone)), 2,770 female householders (2,239 living alone)), 1,300 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 611 (391 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,616 2-persons, 1,127 3-persons, 825 4-persons, 327 5-persons, 46 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,863 1-person, 964 2-persons, 129 3-persons, 23 4-persons.

2,316 married couples with children.
961 single-parent households (169 men, 792 women).

93.4% of residents of Portsmouth speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 1,027 (4.9%)
(43.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.0
State:	6.2

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.8
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Portsmouth, New Hampshire:
	1 room: 17 2 rooms: 44 3 rooms: 150 4 rooms: 622 5 rooms: 1,081 6 rooms: 1,110 7 rooms: 807 8 rooms: 624 9 or more rooms: 469

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portsmouth, New Hampshire:
	1 room: 203 2 rooms: 540 3 rooms: 1,207 4 rooms: 1,686 5 rooms: 898 6 rooms: 282 7 rooms: 61 8 rooms: 43 9 or more rooms: 30

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 56
1995 to 1998: 490
1990 to 1994: 196
1980 to 1989: 1,367
1970 to 1979: 1,420
1960 to 1969: 697
1950 to 1959: 1,099
1940 to 1949: 792
1939 or earlier: 4,066

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Portsmouth:
	no bedroom: 17 1 bedroom: 211 2 bedrooms: 1,423 3 bedrooms: 2,323 4 bedrooms: 824 5 or more bedrooms: 126

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Portsmouth:
	no bedroom: 309 1 bedroom: 1,639 2 bedrooms: 2,354 3 bedrooms: 552 4 bedrooms: 77 5 or more bedrooms: 19

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Portsmouth in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 141 1 vehicle: 1,825 2 vehicles: 2,206 3 vehicles: 665 4 vehicles: 64 5 or more vehicles: 23

Cars and other vehicles available in Portsmouth in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 671 1 vehicle: 2,633 2 vehicles: 1,341 3 vehicles: 236 4 vehicles: 55 5 or more vehicles: 14

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Portsmouth, NH:

Less than $10,000: 6
$10,000 to $14,999: 3
$15,000 to $19,999: 3
$20,000 to $24,999: 9
$25,000 to $29,999: 10
$30,000 to $34,999: 12
$35,000 to $39,999: 12
$40,000 to $49,999: 31
$50,000 to $59,999: 34
$60,000 to $69,999: 27
$70,000 to $79,999: 12
$80,000 to $89,999: 5
$90,000 to $99,999: 4
$100,000 to $124,999: 28
$125,000 to $149,999: 74
$150,000 to $174,999: 94
$175,000 to $199,999: 195
$200,000 to $249,999: 510
$250,000 to $299,999: 756
$300,000 to $399,999: 1321
$400,000 to $499,999: 600
$500,000 to $749,999: 682
$750,000 to $999,999: 311
$1,000,000 or more: 104

Portsmouth rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Portsmouth:

Less than $100: 46 people
$100 to $149: 35
$150 to $199: 91
$200 to $249: 153
$250 to $299: 146
$300 to $349: 99
$350 to $399: 93
$400 to $449: 85
$450 to $499: 74
$500 to $549: 49
$550 to $599: 102
$600 to $649: 139
$650 to $699: 176
$700 to $749: 226
$750 to $799: 226
$800 to $899: 444
$900 to $999: 625
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,083
$1,250 to $1,499: 530
$1,500 to $1,999: 247
$2,000 or more: 61
No cash rent: 136

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 333 1990 to 1994: 175 1985 to 1989: 70 1980 to 1984: 34 1975 to 1979: 51 1970 to 1974: 55 1970 to 1974: 38 1965 to 1969: 271

Portsmouth, NH Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 72.8%
Number of people working at home: 631 (5.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 579
5 to 9 minutes: 2458
10 to 14 minutes: 2514
15 to 19 minutes: 1558
20 to 24 minutes: 1300
25 to 29 minutes: 414
30 to 34 minutes: 618
35 to 39 minutes: 84
40 to 44 minutes: 182
45 to 59 minutes: 490
60 to 89 minutes: 608
90 or more minutes: 341

Portsmouth mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 9,485 (81%)
Carpooled: 752 (6%)
Bus or trolley bus: 138 (1%)
Railroad: 29 (0%)
Taxi: 12 (0%)
Bicycle: 39 (0%)
Walked: 581 (5%)
Other means: 110 (1%)
Worked at home: 631 (5%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 899
$10,000 to $14,999: 574
$15,000 to $19,999: 550
$20,000 to $24,999: 555
$25,000 to $29,999: 662
$30,000 to $34,999: 478
$35,000 to $39,999: 566
$40,000 to $44,999: 664
$45,000 to $49,999: 399
$50,000 to $59,999: 951
$60,000 to $74,999: 1223
$75,000 to $99,999: 1177
$100,000 to $124,999: 507
$125,000 to $149,999: 315
$150,000 to $199,999: 256
$200,000 or more: 157

First ancestries reported:

Irish: 3188

English: 2882

Italian: 1557

Other groups: 1453

German: 1189

French Canadian: 1063

French (except Basque): 1046

United States or American: 995

Scottish: 705

Polish: 575

Scotch-Irish: 354

Greek: 301

Swedish: 244

Russian: 177

British: 162

Canadian: 162

Portuguese: 152

Dutch: 113

Arab:: 109

Hungarian: 100

Lithuanian: 93

European: 91

Norwegian: 74

Finnish: 72

Swiss: 63

Subsaharan African:: 61

Welsh: 59

African: 49

Danish: 46

Ukrainian: 42

Scandinavian: 40

Lebanese: 37

Egyptian: 35

Austrian: 33

Northern European: 27

Belgian: 26

Celtic: 25

Syrian: 23

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 22

Croatian: 22

Romanian: 19

Albanian: 17

Pennsylvania German: 16

Eastern European: 14

Arab/Arabic: 14

Acadian/Cajun: 12

Armenian: 12

Czechoslovakian: 11

Estonian: 11

Haitian: 11

Yugoslavian: 9

Turkish: 8

Latvian: 7

Brazilian: 7

Cape Verdean: 6

Jamaican: 6

South African: 6

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 5

Czech: 5

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Canada (17%)
India (13%)
United Kingdom (13%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
Germany (5%)
Vietnam (4%)
Greece (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 7745
Northeast: 8863
Midwest: 1006
South: 1122
West: 746

48% of Portsmouth residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in New Hampshire.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 31
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 30
7th and 8th grade: 95
9th grade: 67
10th grade: 58
11th grade: 141
12th grade, no diploma: 122
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,689
Less than 1 year of college: 358
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 890
Associate degree: 500
Bachelor's degree: 2,424
Master's degree: 816
Professional school degree: 170
Doctorate degree: 157

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 48
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 37
7th and 8th grade: 169
9th grade: 128
10th grade: 216
11th grade: 88
12th grade, no diploma: 146
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,181
Less than 1 year of college: 490
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,091
Associate degree: 667
Bachelor's degree: 2,029
Master's degree: 876
Professional school degree: 111
Doctorate degree: 86

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.4%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.1%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 6.1%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 21.7%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 8.2%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.4%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 10.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $59,593
Black householders: $63,468
Asian householders: $32,611
Some other race householders: $104,014
Two or more races householders: $51,750
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $83,498

Portsmouth household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Portsmouth household income for Black householders

Portsmouth household income for Asian householders

Portsmouth household income for Some other race householders

Portsmouth household income for Two or more races householders

Portsmouth household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Portsmouth marital status for males

Portsmouth marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $349,202
Black or African American householders: $319,259
Asian householders: $413,013
Some other race householders: $357,049
Two or more races householders: $303,358
Hispanic or Latino householders: $359,321

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,096
One, attached: 596
Two: 826
3 or 4: 1,106
5 to 9: 1,455
10 to 19: 708
20 to 49: 660
50 or more: 462
Mobile homes: 274

Median worth of mobile homes: $50,726

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Portsmouth:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (47%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%) Electricity (5%) Wood (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (40%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%) Electricity (26%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 160

Here:	10.3%
New Hampshire:	8.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 88

Here:	10.0%
New Hampshire:	10.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 155

Here:	22.1%
New Hampshire:	36.4%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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