County profile
Belknap County, NH
United States · GDP 2024
#773 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 59% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
21,197
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,905
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
65,147
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.1%
Median HH income
$92.8k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
33.6%±1.7%
Poverty rate
8.5%±1.2%
Business applications
802 · 2025
Retail establishments
297
45.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Retail trade31%
Health care22%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing14%
Construction9%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
65,147
residents · 2025 · +2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $85.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,374
International migration−9
Natural change−1,955
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B2019
$3.1B2020
$3.4B2021
$3.6B2022
$4.0B2023
$4.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$374.9k±$10.2k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$72/mo
Vacancy rate
32.5%±1.9%
Affordability
6.9× wages
Residential permits
$173.1M
423 units · 6.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
57.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 95Ice storm 84Hurricane 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2562016
2692017
2872018
3112019
3272020
3792021
4582022
5042023
5492024
5802025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -2% since 20214332021
3652022
3542023
2822024
4232025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.9 km
I-93
Nearest freight rail
4.1 km
NEGS
Nearest port
66.6 km
SPRAGUE ENERGY CORP RIVER ROAD TERMINAL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
65.1 km
MANCHESTER BOSTON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.5k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Belknap?
Belknap's economy produced $4.3B in 2024, growing 7.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.