County hub rural New Hampshire

Rockingham County, NH

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 36 ZIP codes inside Rockingham County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
36
in this county
Total population
312,771
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
36
distinct city/town names
Avg density
198
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Rockingham County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
03038 Derry 34,371 370
03079 Salem 30,158 469
03053 Londonderry 25,534 237
03801 Portsmouth 22,904 372
03833 Exeter 22,334 178
03842 Hampton 15,979 483
03087 Windham 15,587 225
03077 Raymond 10,670 143
03857 Newmarket 9,365 287
03874 Seabrook 8,627 372
03865 Plaistow 7,812 285
03885 Stratham 7,662 196
03811 Atkinson 7,086 246
03042 Epping 7,077 105
03873 Sandown 6,498 180
03841 Hampstead 6,255 233
03848 Kingston 6,177 121
03032 Auburn 5,852 89
03036 Chester 5,198 77
03870 Rye 5,180 166
03290 Nottingham 5,090 43
03858 Newton 4,801 189
03044 Fremont 4,680 105
03037 Deerfield 4,664 37
03261 Northwood 4,601 63
03862 North Hampton 4,507 125
03819 Danville 4,224 149
03034 Candia 4,166 50
03840 Greenland 4,006 148
03827 East Kingston 3,216 70
03826 East Hampstead 2,904 327
03844 Hampton Falls 2,305 72
03856 Newfields 2,022 110
03854 New Castle 817 390
03871 Rye Beach 331 230
03291 West Nottingham 111 195

About Rockingham 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. Rockingham County in New Hampshire contains roughly 36 ZIP codes spread across 36 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 312,771. 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 198, 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 Rockingham 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 Rockingham 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.