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Hooksett CDP, New Hampshire: commercial real estate data.
Hooksett CDP is a Census CDP of 5,876 people across 5.40 square miles of land, in Merrimack County. Median household income is $101,053, 72.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 41 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $16.1 m.
77 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Hooksett
What Hooksett is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area5.4 sq mi
- Water area0.44 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,088
- County holding the largest share of its areaMerrimack 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.
Hooksett
How many people live in Hooksett
- Population5,876
- Median age42.6
- Population under 18862 plus or minus 244
- Share under 1814.7 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Population 65 and over1,217 plus or minus 283
- Share 65 and over20.7 percent
- Households2,428
- Family households1,581
- Share of households that are families65.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hooksett
Income and work in Hooksett
- Median household income$101,053 plus or minus $24,827
- Per capita income$52,097
- Civilian labor force3,507
- Employed3,345
- Unemployed162 plus or minus 106
- Unemployment rate4.6 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over4,359
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher41.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree14.8 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hooksett
Housing in Hooksett
- Housing units2,506
- Occupied units2,428
- Vacant units78 plus or minus 90
- Vacancy rate3.1 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Owner occupied1,760
- Renter occupied668 plus or minus 193
- Ownership rate72.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$348,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,811
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.5 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Single family units1,427
- Share single family56.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more861 plus or minus 231
- Share in buildings of two or more34.4 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Mobile homes218 plus or minus 165
- Median year structure built1987
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hooksett
How Hooksett gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,887 plus or minus 613
- Commuting under 15 minutes229 plus or minus 97
- Share commuting under 15 minutes7.9 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,128 plus or minus 325
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.1 percent
- Drove alone69.3 percent
- Carpooled16.0 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home14.4 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hooksett
SBA loans in Hooksett (7(a))
- Approvals41
- Gross approval$16,106,200
- Average approval$392,834
- Median approval$130,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$800,000
- Largest approval$4,300,000
- Jobs supported464
- Jobs per approval11.3
- Loans with a final outcome16
- Paid in full16
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more2.4 percent
- Share to franchises2.4 percent
- Distinct lenders16
- Distinct industries by NAICS25
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Hooksett
SBA loans in Hooksett (504)
- Approvals24
- Gross approval$16,939,000
- Average approval$705,792
- Median approval$580,000
- Largest approval$3,460,000
- Jobs supported115
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Merrimack County, not Hooksett
Merrimack County context, not Hooksett figures
These are Merrimack County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Hooksett measurements.
- Establishments in Merrimack County4,213
- Employment at those establishments, Merrimack County62,841
- Covered employment, Merrimack County77,147
- Average annual pay, Merrimack County$68,857
- Average weekly wage, Merrimack County$1,324
- Housing units permitted, Merrimack County355
- Of those, single family, Merrimack County288
- County product, 2024, Merrimack County$13,792,335,000
- County product change over the prior year, Merrimack County6.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Merrimack County$86,915
Every figure in this section is published for Merrimack County as a whole and is not a measurement of Hooksett. 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
Hooksett questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Hooksett, New Hampshire?
5,876, in 2,428 households. Hooksett CDP covers 5.40 square miles of land, which is 1,088 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Hooksett in?
Merrimack 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 Hooksett?
$101,053. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $348,100. Median gross rent is $1,811 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Hooksett businesses?
41 7(a) approvals totalling $16.1 m, across 16 lenders, median approval $130,000, plus 24 504 approvals worth $16.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Hooksett, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Hooksett borrowers get paid back?
Of the 16 loans that have reached a final outcome, 16 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Hooksett figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Merrimack 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 Hooksett.
Is zoning published for Hooksett?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.