County profile
Rockingham County, NH
United States · GDP 2024
#181 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$32.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
152,257
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
10,266
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$70.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
324,077
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$118.3k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
45.7%±0.9%
Poverty rate
4.8%±0.4%
Business applications
4,767 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,548
48.1/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Iron Mountain IncorporatedReal Estate$6.9B53D2Planet Fitness, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$1.3B68B3Unitil CorporationUtilities$536.0M53D4Agilyx ASAIndustrials$847.0k22DHQ-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 trade26%
Health care19%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction11%
Professional services10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
324,077
residents · 2025 · +3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $100.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+9,215
International migration+1,273
Natural change−861
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$23.3B2019
$23.6B2020
$27.3B2021
$29.5B2022
$31.1B2023
$32.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$497.5k±$6.2k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
7.4%±0.6%
Affordability
7.0× wages
Residential permits
$525.2M
1,876 units · 5.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
85.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Coastal flooding 93Ice storm 91Earthquake 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
6702016
7122017
7572018
7942019
8282020
9402021
10852022
11942023
12832024
13422025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 63% since 20211,1482021
1,3092022
7992023
1,3002024
1,8762025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.4 km
I-495
Nearest freight rail
4.6 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
28.9 km
Portsmouth, NH
Nearest commercial airport
26.0 km
MANCHESTER BOSTON RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):1,442,416 short tons/yr · Portsmouth, NH
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR3 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$70.9k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rockingham?
Rockingham's economy produced $32.7B 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.