Housing units in zip code 03031 with a mortgage: 2,763 (224 second mortgage, 794 home equity loan, 147 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 789
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $2,395
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $841
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
5.0%
Whole state:
8.1%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 03031: Horace Greeley Birthplace (A), Amherst Country Club (B), Amherst Emergency Medical Services (C), Amherst Fire Department Station 2 (D), Amherst Fire Department Station 1 Headquarters (E), Amherst Town Library (F), Amherst Town Hall (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 03031 include: First Baptist Church (A), The Congregational Church of Amherst (B), Amherst Christian Church (C), Saint Lukes Anglican Church (D), Household of Faith Church (E), Messiah Lutheran Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Chestnut Hill Cemetery (1), Cricket Corner Cemetery (2), Saint Patricks Cemetery (3), Meadow View Cemetery (4), Town Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Baboosic Lake (A), Bate Pond (B), Damon Pond (C), Dream Lake (D), Glen Echo Pond (E), Little Honey Pot Pond (F), Honey Pot Pond (G), Jakes Pond (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2010 in zip code 03031:
Less than $10,000: 503
$10,000 to $14,999: 538
$25,000 to $29,999: 116
$30,000 to $34,999: 23
$35,000 to $39,999: 12
$40,000 to $49,999: 202
$50,000 to $59,999: 61
$60,000 to $69,999: 133
$70,000 to $79,999: 134
$80,000 to $89,999: 56
$90,000 to $99,999: 102
$100,000 to $124,999: 95
$125,000 to $149,999: 127
$150,000 to $174,999: 166
$175,000 to $199,999: 99
$200,000 to $249,999: 244
$250,000 to $299,999: 319
$300,000 to $399,999: 1,323
$400,000 to $499,999: 529
$500,000 to $749,999: 497
$750,000 to $999,999: 155
$1,000,000 or more: 135
Rent paid by renters in 2010 in zip code 03031:
$150 to $199: 1,072
$250 to $299: 1,275
$300 to $349: 228
$400 to $449: 593
$550 to $599: 82
$600 to $649: 279
$650 to $699: 69
$700 to $749: 98
$750 to $799: 70
$800 to $899: 281
$900 to $999: 219
$1,000 to $1,249: 228
$1,250 to $1,499: 206
$1,500 to $1,999: 178
No cash rent: 160
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2010: $1,631,875.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2010 for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $338,600
Asian householders: $269,189
Two or more races householders: $673,462
Hispanic or Latino householders: $311,616
Estimated median house or condo value in 2010: $333,236
03031:
$333,236
New Hampshire:
$251,000
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $259,259 - $429,421
Mean price in 2010:
Detached houses: $428,283
Here:
$428,283
State:
$301,749
Townhouses or other attached units: $447,768
Here:
$447,768
State:
$237,043
In 2-unit structures: $134,377
Here:
$134,377
State:
$260,725
Mobile homes: $28,351
Here:
$28,351
State:
$75,418
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 3,648
One, attached: 277
Two: 186
3 or 4: 215
5 to 9: 213
10 to 19: 193
20 to 49: 260
50 or more: 3,008
Mobile homes: 346
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 4,533 (80%)
Carpooled: 326 (6%)
Bus or trolley bus: 56 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 31 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 71 (1%)
Motorcycle: 136 (2%)
Bicycle: 84 (1%)
Walked: 110 (2%)
Other means: 87 (2%)
Worked at home: 843 (15%)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 230
5 to 9 minutes: 353
10 to 14 minutes: 829
15 to 19 minutes: 635
20 to 24 minutes: 726
25 to 29 minutes: 421
30 to 34 minutes: 619
35 to 39 minutes: 202
40 to 44 minutes: 282
45 to 59 minutes: 340
60 to 89 minutes: 401
90 or more minutes: 178
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 79.2%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,776
In family households: 10,122 (2,531 male householders, 523 female householders)
2,939 spouses, 3,863 children (3,593 natural, 118 adopted, 152 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 57 parents, 78 other relatives, 66 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 654 (258 male householders (200 living alone)), 272 female householders (224 living alone)), 124 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 1,403 2-persons, 698 3-persons, 751 4-persons, 306 5-persons, 147 6-persons, 140 7-or-more-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 499 1-person, 293 2-persons, 332 3-persons
2,550 married couples with children.
490 single-parent households (177 men, 313 women).
94.6% of residents of 03031 zip code speak English at home.
8.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (31% very well, 22% well, 19% not well, 28% not at all).
5.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% very well, 18% well, 19% not well).
8.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% very well, 15% well, 7% not well, 41% not at all).
7.1% of residents speak other language at home (30% very well, 16% well, 54% not well).
Foreign born population: 644 (5.7%) (56.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
5.7%
Whole state:
5.2%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Canada (21%)
Korea (13%)
United Kingdom (11%)
Germany (6%)
India (6%)
Hungary (5%)
Philippines (4%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 387
1990 to 1999: 214
1980 to 1989: 65
Before 1980: 238
Races in zip code 03031:
White population: 10,331 Black population: 143 American Indian population: 223 Asian population: 252 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 92 Some other race population: 0 Two or more races population: 291 Hispanic or Latino population: 510
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 1,941
English: 1,490
Italian: 1,224
Other groups: 1,145
American: 917
German: 746
French Canadian: 489
Subsaharan African: 484
French (except Basque): 468
Polish: 265
Scottish: 229
South African: 229
Swedish: 181
Northern European: 177
Lithuanian: 169
Greek: 166
Russian: 143
African: 141
European: 114
Dutch: 111
Yugoslavian: 105
Brazilian: 104
Moroccan: 103
Romanian: 92
Austrian: 91
Scandinavian: 89
Czech: 87
Canadian: 82
Scotch-Irish: 80
British: 73
Armenian: 67
Welsh: 65
Arab: 63
Ukrainian: 63
Swiss: 62
Albanian: 61
Syrian: 58
Portuguese: 53
Hungarian: 52
Eastern European: 47
Arab: 41
Finnish: 39
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 35
Jamaican: 32
Norwegian: 30
Slovak: 27
Lebanese: 26
Danish: 25
Latvian: 22
Iranian: 21
Belgian: 14
Slavic: 9
Estonian: 4
Turkish: 2
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
RESIN SYSTEMS CORP (62 RTE 101A in AMHERST, NH)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2004-9099, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2004-9099, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: PLASTICS PRODUCTS Organizations: NELSON REALTY TRUST (CONTACT/OWNER)
AMHERST PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY (22 DODGE RD in AMHERST, NH)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2003-9114, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2003-9114, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: TOWN OF AMHERST (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: AMHERST TOWN OF
AMHERST 101 A LLC (124 RTE 101A in AMHERST, NH)
STATE MASTER (New Hampshire water, air, and waste tracking) - LEAKING STORAGE TANK, STATE CLEANUP SITE, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: AMHERST IOIA LLC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
END OF LIFE ELECTRONICS (19 COLUMBIA DR in AMHERST, NH)
STATE MASTER (New Hampshire water, air, and waste tracking) - HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM, REFUSE DISPOSAL (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: END OF LIFE ELECTRONICS, INC. (CONTACT/GENERAL)
, WAYNENADEAU (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
CLARK JIM RESIDENCE (17 NEW BOSTON RD in AMHERST, NH)
STATE MASTER (New Hampshire water, air, and waste tracking) - HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
CLARK SCHOOL (FOUNDRY ST in AMHERST, NH)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-53901701721740 Organizations: AMHERST SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
SOUHEGAN COOP HIGH SCHOOL (412 BOSTON POST RD in AMHERST, NH)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-53949301726860 Organizations: SOUHEGAN COOPERATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
PIKE INDUSTRIES INC (3 CALDWELL DRIVE in AMHERST, NH)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: ASPHALT PAVING MIXTURES AND BLOCKS Alternative names: QUINN BROS CORP
AMHERST MIDDLE (CROSS RD in AMHERST, NH)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-53901701721745 Organizations: AMHERST SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
AMHERST LABEL INCORPORATED (13 COLUMBIA DRIVE BAY 28 in AMHERST, NH)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-53901701721750 Organizations: AMHERST SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
WAL-MART STORE 1796 (85 RTE 101A in AMHERST, NH)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: WALMART STORES EAST LP (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: WAL MART 1796, WAL-MART STORE #1796
SPECIALTY COATING SYSTEMS INCORPORATED (10 COLUMBIA DRIVE UNIT 2 in AMHERST, NH)
HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3.8%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (43%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
Electricity (7%)
No fuel used (3%)
Wood (3%)
Coal or coke (1%)
Other fuel (1%)
Population in 1990: 8,998. Population change in the 1990s: +1,814 (+20.2%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 3,258
Northeast: 5,182
Midwest: 595
South: 709
West: 420
54% of the 03031 zip code 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, 50% lived in New Hampshire.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 159
Here:
10.5%
New Hampshire:
9.3%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 141
Here:
16.4%
New Hampshire:
11.3%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 267
Here:
43.9%
New Hampshire:
37.4%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code (AMHERST, NH):
EXOTHERMICS, INC (60 ROUTE 101A; small business) : $2,632,093 in 15 contractsfrom 1999 to 2006
Contracts for Weapons -- Basic Research (R&D), Defense Missile and Space Systems -- Operational Systems Development (R&D), Other Research and Development -- Basic Research (R&D), Defense Missile and Space Systems -- Advanced Development (R&D), and moreby Navy, Air Force, Army Signed by year:2000: $134,969; 2001: $229,071; 2002: $69,550; 2003: $139,231; 2004: $1,584,296; 2005: $0; 2006: $99,976.
Biggest contracts:
$742,928 with Navy for Weapons -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2004-11-10. Completion date: 2006-11-10.
$741,492 with Air Force for Defense Missile and Space Systems -- Operational Systems Development (R&D). Signed on 2004-08-25. Completion date: 2006-11-30.
$375,000 with Air Force for Other Research and Development -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 1999-12-02. Completion date: 2001-06-15.
$99,976 with Army for Defense Missile and Space Systems -- Advanced Development (R&D). Signed on 2006-02-28. Completion date: 2006-08-28.
ACTIVMEDIA ROBOTICS LLC (19 COLUMBIA DRIVE; small business) : $723,989 in 19 contractsfrom 2001 to 2006
Contracts for Warehouse Trucks and Tractors, Self-Propelled, Combination and Miscellaneous Instruments, Ground Effect Vehicles, Miscellaneous Communication Equipment, and moreby Navy, Army, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Air Force, and others Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $107,795; 2002: $0; 2003: $200,384; 2004: $252,535; 2005: $147,850; 2006: $15,425.
Biggest contracts:
$164,615 with Navy for Warehouse Trucks and Tractors, Self-Propelled. Taking place in DC. Signed on 2004-04-29. Completion date: 2004-06-25.
$95,044 with Navy for Combination and Miscellaneous Instruments. Signed on 2003-01-23. Completion date: 2003-03-14.
$93,235 with Army for Combination and Miscellaneous Instruments. Signed on 2005-09-23. Completion date: 2005-11-18.
$81,920 with Navy for Ground Effect Vehicles. Signed on 2004-06-25. Completion date: 2004-07-06.
RME FILTERS INC (98 ROUTE 101A; small business) : $466,825 in 43 contractsfrom 2002 to 2006
Contracts for Filters and Networks, Capacitors, Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment by Defense Logistics Agency, Navy, Army Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $39,600; 2003: $0; 2004: $156,601; 2005: $153,168; 2006: $117,456.
Biggest contracts:
$45,593 with Defense Logistics Agency for Filters and Networks. Signed on 2006-02-03. Completion date: 2006-06-03.
$39,600 with Defense Logistics Agency for Capacitors. Signed on 2002-01-10. Completion date: 2002-04-10.
$31,509 with Defense Logistics Agency for Filters and Networks. Signed on 2006-05-04. Completion date: 2006-09-01.
$25,201, same as above.Signed on 2004-03-10. Completion date: 2004-06-20.
ACTIVE SPECTRUM (9 HUBBARD RD; small business)
$375,000 with Air Force for Defense Electronics and Communication Equipment -- Basic Research (R&D). Taking place in CA. Signed on 2006-05-25. Completion date: 2008-05-30.
RESIN SYSTEMS CORPORATION (62 ROUTE 101A STE 1; small business) : $148,196 in 28 contractsfrom 2003 to 2006
Contracts for Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment, Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components, Switches, Electron Tubes and Associated Hardware, and moreby Army Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $12,019; 2004: $16,399; 2005: $74,994; 2006: $44,784.
Biggest contracts:
$20,131 with Army for Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment. Signed on 2005-06-28. Completion date: 2005-07-25.
$12,480, same as above.Signed on 2005-04-25. Completion date: 2005-05-13.
$12,019, same as above.Signed on 2003-10-08. Completion date: 2003-11-21.
$9,331 with Army for Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment. Taking place in MA. Signed on 2005-12-09. Completion date: 2005-12-30.
BLACK ICE SOFTWARE INC (292 ROUTE 101; small business)
$10,799 with Air Force for ADPE System Configuration. Signed on 2006-06-06. Completion date: 2006-07-06.
OSR OPEN SYSTEMS RESOURCES, IN (105 ROUTE 101A, SUITE 19; small business)
$3,150 with Army for ADP Software, Equipment, and Telecommunications Training. Signed on 2002-01-23. Completion date: 2002-02-26.
TRUE NORTH, INC (9 PULPIT RUN; small business)
$2,535 with Navy for ADP Software. Taking place in VA. Signed on 2003-05-13. Completion date: 2003-05-21.
PERRELLA SCIENTIFIC INC (3 SARGENT QUARRY RD; small business)
$250 with Army for ADP Software. Taking place in MD. Signed on 2004-03-03. Completion date: 2004-03-12.
CNC AUTOMATION INC (13 COLUMBIA DR UNIT 19; small business) : $0 in 2 contractsin 2005
$24,995 with Navy for Miscellaneous Items. Signed on 2005-09-07. Completion date: 2005-11-02.
$-24,995, same as above.Signed on 2005-09-19. Completion date: 2005-11-02.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005: