City safety & data profile
LaconiaNH
Laconia, NH is a 16K-resident city in Belknap County with a median household income of $73,218.
Belknap County, New Hampshire. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Laconia, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Laconia has a population larger than 32% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $340,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-04
- 16K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 33%
- By size
- $73,218
- Median income (place)
- $340,300
- Median home (place)
- 12.6%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Laconia
Laconia posts a median household income higher than 41% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Laconia area.
- Bottom 42%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Laconia
Where Laconia income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$73,218 Bottom 41% higher than 41% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in NH
Population among 15 NH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Manchester
Manchester, NH
110,229 residents
- Nashua
Nashua, NH
87,970 residents
- Concord 43,976
Concord, NH
43,976 residents
- Derry Village 34,539
Derry Village, NH
34,539 residents
- Dover 30,880
Dover, NH
30,880 residents
- Rochester 30,038
Rochester, NH
30,038 residents
- Keene 23,265
Keene, NH
23,265 residents
- Derry 22,015
Derry, NH
22,015 residents
- Portsmouth 21,530
Portsmouth, NH
21,530 residents
- Laconia 16,227
Laconia, NH
16,227 residents
What this shows Manchester is the largest NH city on this list; Londonderry leads median income.
Highest median incomes in NH
Median household income among the same 15-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Londonderry
Londonderry, NH
$119,571 median
- Durham
Durham, NH
$112,070 median
- Portsmouth
Portsmouth, NH
$106,219 median
- Lebanon
Lebanon, NH
$98,147 median
- Nashua
Nashua, NH
$96,326 median
- Dover
Dover, NH
$94,829 median
- Derry
Derry, NH
$91,673 median
- Derry Village
Derry Village, NH
$91,673 median
- Concord
Concord, NH
$84,902 median
- Manchester
Manchester, NH
$81,007 median
What this shows Londonderry posts the highest place-level median income in NH; Manchester is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Laconia, NH beyond the headline numbers
Laconia sits inside Belknap County, New Hampshire, at roughly 43.53°N, -71.47°W. Population 16,227, $73,218 median household income. Median home value $340,300, median rent $1,224. Poverty rate 12.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Laconia, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
Poverty in Laconia, NH stands at 12.6%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
A median home in Laconia runs about 4.6 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
13.5% of Laconia workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 7.2% in Laconia, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.
At 45.3 years, Laconia's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Laconia from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Belknap County): Laconia's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 12.6% |
| Unemployment | 3.1% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 27.2% |
| Work From Home | 13.5% |
| Public Transit | 0.7% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
What alerts and safety updates affect Laconia?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Laconia right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet NH-LACONIA · Laconia
Laconia: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Laconia; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse New Hampshire state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Laconia, both outside New Hampshire so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NH (12.6% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NH ($73,218 here).
Compare Laconia with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Laconia's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Laconia area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Laconia against New Hampshire peers on any ranking lens. Explore New Hampshire
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Belknap County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.