Portsmouth

Population & Demographics

Portsmouth, NH

Portsmouth is home to 22,545 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 12,313 resident workers commute each day.

New HampshireCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
22,545
people
Population

22,545 residents

Median age 42.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Portsmouth population & demographics

Who lives in Portsmouth — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
22,545
Median age
42.9yrs
Median household income
$106,219
Median home value
$688,500
Median gross rent
$1,869/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
64.0%
Poverty rate
6.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Portsmouth

How Portsmouth breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White86.2%
Asian4.1%
Two or more races3.9%
Hispanic or Latino3.8%
Some other race1.7%
Black0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Portsmouth

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Portsmouth.

Portsmouth at a glance
Employed Residents
12,313
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
31.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
35.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
21.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Dover
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Portsmouth proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Portsmouth commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

66 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Portsmouth

12,313 commutes, one dot at a time

Portsmouth

Where 12,313 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Portsmouth, by worker count.

1Portsmouth0.0 mi4,351
2Dover10.1 mi508
3Manchester34.9 mi459
4Boston53.9 mi367
5Durham9.2 mi296
6Exeter10.9 mi245
7Nashua42.1 mi226
8Concord40.6 mi185

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Portsmouth.

1Portsmouth0.0 mi4,351
2Dover10.1 mi3,554
3Rochester19.2 mi2,325
4Somersworth13.8 mi1,051
5Manchester34.9 mi831
6Hampton9.0 mi714
7Newmarket8.4 mi626
8Exeter10.9 mi545

Top industries

The sectors that employ Portsmouth’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services15.8%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.0%
MFManufacturing10.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.1%
FIFinance and Insurance9.9%
RTRetail Trade8.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.6%
INInformation4.4%
WSWholesale Trade4.2%
Connectivity

Internet options for Portsmouth

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Portsmouth

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).