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Alton CDP, New Hampshire: commercial real estate data.
Alton CDP is a Census CDP of 281 people across 0.47 square miles of land, in Belknap County. 69.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $958,000.
73 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
This is a small place, and the figures below carry wide margins.
The American Community Survey reaches Alton through a sample, not a count, and in a place this size that sample is thin. The population estimate here is 281 with a margin of error of plus or minus 229, which is 81.5 percent of the estimate itself. Every figure whose margin reaches 20 percent is printed with that margin beside it, so you can see the width of each one rather than having to assume it.
Nothing has been removed or adjusted. These are the published federal estimates, shown with the uncertainty the Census publishes alongside them.
Alton
What Alton is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area0.47 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land601 plus or minus 489
- County holding the largest share of its areaBelknap County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Alton
- Population281 plus or minus 229
- Median age58.4 plus or minus 17.2
- Population under 1812 plus or minus 22
- Share under 184.3 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Population 65 and over44 plus or minus 47
- Share 65 and over15.7 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Households117 plus or minus 85
- Family households69 plus or minus 78
- Share of households that are families59.0 percent plus or minus 51.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Alton
- Per capita income$39,148
- Civilian labor force180 plus or minus 159
- Employed179 plus or minus 159
- Unemployed1 plus or minus 3
- Unemployment rate0.6 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over266 plus or minus 234
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.6 percent plus or minus 101.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.5 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.8 percent plus or minus 13.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Alton
- Housing units168 plus or minus 122
- Occupied units117 plus or minus 85
- Vacant units51 plus or minus 85
- Vacancy rate30.4 percent plus or minus 45.5
- Owner occupied81 plus or minus 72
- Renter occupied36 plus or minus 36
- Ownership rate69.2 percent plus or minus 35.5
- Median owner-occupied home value$363,300 plus or minus $174,964
- Single family units81 plus or minus 73
- Share single family48.2 percent plus or minus 25.7
- Units in buildings of two or more87 plus or minus 93
- Share in buildings of two or more51.8 percent plus or minus 40.3
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Alton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute161 plus or minus 154
- Commuting under 15 minutes72 plus or minus 83
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.7 percent plus or minus 28.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more0
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more0.0 percent
- Drove alone89.9 percent plus or minus 31.9
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home10.1 percent plus or minus 12.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Alton (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$958,000
- Average approval$106,444
- Median approval$75,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$500,000
- Largest approval$500,000
- Jobs supported85
- Jobs per approval9.4
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Alton (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$1,281,000
- Average approval$213,500
- Median approval$179,000
- Largest approval$466,000
- Jobs supported30
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Belknap County, not Alton
Belknap County context, not Alton figures
These are Belknap County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Alton measurements.
- Establishments in Belknap County1,905
- Employment at those establishments, Belknap County21,197
- Covered employment, Belknap County25,854
- Average annual pay, Belknap County$56,999
- Average weekly wage, Belknap County$1,096
- Housing units permitted, Belknap County282
- Of those, single family, Belknap County242
- County product, 2024, Belknap County$4,295,767,000
- County product change over the prior year, Belknap County7.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Belknap County$135,052
Every figure in this section is published for Belknap County as a whole and is not a measurement of Alton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- The American Community Survey does not publish a median household income for this place, which happens where the sample is too small to support one.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Alton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Alton, New Hampshire?
281, in 117 households. Alton CDP covers 0.47 square miles of land, which is 601 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Alton in?
Belknap County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
How much SBA lending goes to Alton businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $958,000, across 5 lenders, median approval $75,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $1.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Alton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Alton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Alton. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Alton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Belknap County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Alton.
Is zoning published for Alton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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