County Comparisons - Housing Availability

by Joe Swyers • 10/12/03

The following tables have total housing units, number occupied, vacant, and what sort of vacancy according to the 2000 Census. Admittedly things have changed since. But this is a snapshot for comparison.

S.R.O = For Seasonal, Recreational, or Occasional Use

Numbers of housing units

County Total Units Owner
Occu-
pied Renter
Occu-
pied Total Vacant For Rent For Sale Only Rented
Sold
Vacant S.R.O. Use Mi-
grant
Work-
ers Other Vacant Total for Sale or Rent

Hillsborough	149,961	93,820	50,635	5,506	1,319	665	473	2,351	0	698	1,984
Rockingham	113,023	78,999	25,530	8,494	859	593	400	6,059	14	569	1,452
Merrimack	56,244	36,048	15,795	4,401	508	429	210	2,911	15	328	937
Grafton	43,729	21,687	9,911	12,131	381	445	198	10,583	4	520	826
Coos	19,623	9,925	4,036	5,662	477	299	165	4,176	2	543	776
Carroll	34,750	14,266	4,085	16,399	311	358	95	15,110	4	521	669
Strafford	45,539	27,426	15,155	2,958	384	265	74	1,905	0	330	649
Belknap	32,121	16,640	5,819	9,662	387	256	121	8,702	0	196	643
Cheshire	31,876	20,057	8,242	3,577	283	301	137	2,608	0	248	584
Sullivan	20,158	11,915	4,615	3,628	304	189	83	2,846	0	206	493

Numbers of housing units with percentages of total units

County Total Units Owner Occu-
pied Renter Occu-
pied Total Vacant For Rent For Sale Only Rented
Sold
Vacant S.R.O. Use Mi-
grant
Work-
ers Other Vacant Total for Sale or Rent

Coos	19,623	50.58%	20.57%	28.85%	2.43%	1.52%	0.84%	21.28%	0.01%	2.77%	3.95%
Sullivan	20,158	59.11%	22.89%	18.00%	1.51%	0.94%	0.41%	14.12%	0.00%	1.02%	2.45%
Belknap	32,121	51.80%	18.12%	30.08%	1.20%	0.80%	0.38%	27.09%	0.00%	0.61%	2.00%
Carroll	34,750	41.05%	11.76%	47.19%	0.89%	1.03%	0.27%	43.48%	0.01%	1.50%	1.93%
Grafton	43,729	49.59%	22.66%	27.74%	0.87%	1.02%	0.45%	24.20%	0.01%	1.19%	1.89%
Cheshire	31,876	62.92%	25.86%	11.22%	0.89%	0.94%	0.43%	8.18%	0.00%	0.78%	1.83%
Merrimack	56,244	64.09%	28.08%	7.82%	0.90%	0.76%	0.37%	5.18%	0.03%	0.58%	1.67%
Strafford	45,539	60.23%	33.28%	6.50%	0.84%	0.58%	0.16%	4.18%	0.00%	0.72%	1.43%
Hillsborough	149,961	62.56%	33.77%	3.67%	0.88%	0.44%	0.32%	1.57%	0.00%	0.47%	1.32%
Rockingham	113,023	69.90%	22.59%	7.52%	0.76%	0.52%	0.35%	5.36%	0.01%	0.50%	1.28%