County profile
Cheshire County, NH
United States · GDP 2024
#702 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 83% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
27,755
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,001
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
78,269
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$83.3k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
35.5%±1.7%
Poverty rate
8.7%±1.2%
Business applications
730 · 2025
Retail establishments
331
42.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1North European Oil Royalty TrustEnergy———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 trade28%
Manufacturing22%
Health care22%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction9%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
78,269
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $70.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,478
International migration+249
Natural change−1,070
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.1B2019
$4.1B2020
$4.5B2021
$4.7B2022
$4.9B2023
$5.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$280.1k±$6.5k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$54/mo
Vacancy rate
14.7%±1.5%
Affordability
4.9× wages
Residential permits
$50.5M
167 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
60.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 80Lightning 79Ice storm 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3962016
4092017
4272018
4532019
4812020
5462021
6402022
7082023
7692024
8022025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -6% since 20211772021
1862022
1402023
1722024
1672025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.0 km
I-91
Nearest freight rail
19.2 km
NECR
Nearest port
112.4 km
AMELIA EARHART DAM PIER
Nearest commercial airport
66.4 km
MANCHESTER BOSTON RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR2 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.3k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cheshire?
Cheshire's economy produced $5.2B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.