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Merrimack County, NH

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 28 ZIP codes inside Merrimack County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
28
in this county
Total population
156,883
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
27
distinct city/town names
Avg density
70
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Merrimack County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
03301 Concord 33,289 261
03303 Concord 16,240 93
03106 Hooksett 14,732 158
03275 Suncook 12,002 108
03235 Franklin 8,859 115
03276 Tilton 8,758 86
03304 Bow 8,227 113
03229 Contoocook 5,941 53
03242 Henniker 5,671 50
03307 Loudon 5,634 46
03234 Epsom 4,843 54
03257 New London 4,261 70
03263 Pittsfield 4,129 65
03046 Dunbarton 3,006 38
03278 Warner 3,004 18
03258 Chichester 2,677 49
03216 Andover 2,420 23
03224 Canterbury 2,233 20
03221 Bradford 2,142 17
03255 Newbury 1,902 21
03287 Wilmot 1,512 20
03268 Salisbury 1,467 18
03230 Danbury 1,366 13
03260 North Sutton 1,027 19
03243 Hill 881 13
03273 South Sutton 287 24
03233 Elkins 235 204
03231 East Andover 138 186

About Merrimack County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Merrimack County in New Hampshire contains roughly 28 ZIP codes spread across 27 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 156,883. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider New Hampshire index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 70, which classifies the county overall as a rural environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Merrimack County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Merrimack County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.