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Nashua city, New Hampshire: commercial real estate data.
Nashua city is a Census city of 91,294 people across 30.83 square miles of land, in Hillsborough County. Median household income is $96,326, 55.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 157 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $52.3 m.
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Nashua
What Nashua is
- Census place typecity
- Land area30.83 sq mi
- Water area0.9 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,961
- County holding the largest share of its areaHillsborough 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.
Nashua
How many people live in Nashua
- Population91,294
- Median age40.0
- Population under 1817,022
- Share under 1818.6 percent
- Population 65 and over15,436
- Share 65 and over16.9 percent
- Households37,134
- Family households21,932
- Share of households that are families59.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nashua
Income and work in Nashua
- Median household income$96,326
- Per capita income$52,564
- Civilian labor force53,957
- Employed51,675
- Unemployed2,282
- Unemployment rate4.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over67,111
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher41.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nashua
Housing in Nashua
- Housing units38,760
- Occupied units37,134
- Vacant units1,626 plus or minus 423
- Vacancy rate4.2 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Owner occupied20,724
- Renter occupied16,410
- Ownership rate55.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$403,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,737
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.6 percent
- Single family units19,491
- Share single family50.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more18,470
- Share in buildings of two or more47.7 percent
- Mobile homes780 plus or minus 190
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nashua
How Nashua gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute41,848
- Commuting under 15 minutes12,490
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more14,897
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.6 percent
- Drove alone69.5 percent
- Carpooled8.8 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home17.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nashua
SBA loans in Nashua (7(a))
- Approvals157
- Gross approval$52,317,700
- Average approval$333,234
- Median approval$125,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$530,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,636
- Jobs per approval10.4
- Loans with a final outcome28
- Paid in full24
- Charged off4
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans14.3 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more2.5 percent
- Share to franchises8.3 percent
- Distinct lenders35
- Distinct industries by NAICS82
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Nashua
SBA loans in Nashua (504)
- Approvals80
- Gross approval$45,322,000
- Average approval$566,525
- Median approval$373,000
- Largest approval$4,766,000
- Jobs supported756
- Loans with a final outcome24
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans4.2 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Hillsborough County, not Nashua
Hillsborough County context, not Nashua figures
These are Hillsborough County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Nashua measurements.
- Establishments in Hillsborough County11,028
- Employment at those establishments, Hillsborough County186,868
- Covered employment, Hillsborough County201,342
- Average annual pay, Hillsborough County$79,660
- Average weekly wage, Hillsborough County$1,532
- Housing units permitted, Hillsborough County872
- Of those, single family, Hillsborough County427
- County product, 2024, Hillsborough County$38,132,657,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hillsborough County3.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hillsborough County$92,223
Every figure in this section is published for Hillsborough County as a whole and is not a measurement of Nashua. 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.
- 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
Nashua questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Nashua, New Hampshire?
91,294, in 37,134 households. Nashua city covers 30.83 square miles of land, which is 2,961 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Nashua in?
Hillsborough County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Nashua?
$96,326. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $403,900. Median gross rent is $1,737 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Nashua businesses?
157 7(a) approvals totalling $52.3 m, across 35 lenders, median approval $125,000, plus 80 504 approvals worth $45.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Nashua, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Nashua borrowers get paid back?
Of the 28 loans that have reached a final outcome, 24 were paid in full and 4 charged off, a charge off rate of 14.3 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Nashua figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hillsborough 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 Nashua.
Is zoning published for Nashua?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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