Food Stamps in Amherst, New Hampshire (Unincorporated Place)

Income On and Off Food Stamps#1

Median income among households that do and do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in New Hampshire and Amherst
Amherst
New Hampshire
$0k$50k$100kCountAllNot On Food Stamps$131,450.000000$68,485.000000$131,450.000000$131.5k257$131,850.000000$72,818.000000$131,850.000000$131.9k249
Count number of households in category

Characteristics of Households Receiving Food Stamps#2

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that receive food stamps.
Scope: households in New Hampshire and Amherst
Amherst
New Hampshire
0%20%40%60%80%100%%ChildrenMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty20.000000%0.000000%0.0%50.436804%0.000%0%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%16.772299%0.000%0%100.000000%51.689710%100.000000%100.0%16.327%16.3%100.000000%28.207513%100.000000%100.0%10.526%10.5%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%43.088217%0.000%0%
% households on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

Characteristics of Households Not Receiving Food Stamps#3

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in New Hampshire and Amherst
Amherst
New Hampshire
0%10%20%30%%ChildrenMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty238.554217%27.105896%38.554217%38.6%100.000%100%38.554217%20.161163%38.554217%38.6%100.000%100%16.465863%22.315966%16.465863%16.5%83.673%83.7%27.309237%39.634096%27.309237%27.3%89.474%89.5%12.048193%5.503759%12.048193%12.0%100.000%100%
% households not on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

On Food Stamps by Race#4

Percentage of given ethno-racial group on food stamps.
Scope: households in New Hampshire and Amherst
Amherst
New Hampshire
0%1%2%3%4%5%6%7%Count%All RacesWhite13.112840%7.837959%3.112840%3.1%8100.000000%100%3.112840%7.301241%3.112840%3.1%8100.000000%100%
Count number of households on food stamps in given ethno-racial group
% percentage more or less than the population at large
1non-Hispanic white 2white Hispanic 3including Hispanic

Food Stamps by Place in the Manchester Area

There are 15 places in the Manchester Area. This section compares Amherst to all of the places in the Manchester Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Amherst.

Most Food Stamps by Place#5

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Amherst, selected other places in the Manchester Area, and entities that contain Amherst
0%5%10%Count#ManchesterNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNew EnglandGreenvilleHudsonNashuaPinardvilleManchester and Nashua Metro AreaManchesterHillsborough CountyHillsboroughNew HampshireHillsboroughBenningtonAntrimPeterboroughGoffstownMilfordAmherstWiltonEast MerrimackE MerrimackSouhegan Cooperative School DistrictSouhegan Cooper…Town of AmherstAmherstAmherst School DistrictAmherstZIP Code 03031ZIP 03031015100Tract 015100Hancock14.949843%14.949843%14.9%6,766113.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.730340%12.730340%12.7%719,701720k12.259615%12.259615%12.3%5129.940358%9.940358%9.9%30039.748058%9.748058%9.7%3,40148.813721%8.813721%8.8%18558.214510%8.214510%8.2%12,82412.8k8.214510%8.214510%8.2%12,82412.8k7.837959%7.837959%7.8%40,86540.9k7.208238%7.208238%7.2%6366.617647%6.617647%6.6%976.400000%6.400000%6.4%3286.143129%6.143129%6.1%9795.139186%5.139186%5.1%72104.095386%4.095386%4.1%158113.112840%3.112840%3.1%8122.202643%2.202643%2.2%10131.652893%1.652893%1.7%32141.305263%1.305263%1.3%620.961295%0.961295%1.0%380.961295%0.961295%1.0%380.937577%0.937577%0.9%380.441501%0.441501%0.4%80.000000%0.000000%0.0%015
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 15 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in New Hampshire

There are 97 places in New Hampshire. This section compares Amherst to the 50 most populous places in New Hampshire and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Amherst. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 1,604.

Most Food Stamps by Place#6

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Amherst, selected other places in New Hampshire, and entities that contain Amherst
0%10%20%30%Count#PittsfieldWinchesterMeredithLittletonBerlinFranklinFarmingtonLaconiaManchesterRochesterClaremontRaymondSuncookNortheastLancasterUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNew EnglandJaffreyConcordBristolSomersworthKeeneTilton NorthfieldConwayNewportHudsonNashuaLebanonHampton BeachNew LondonPinardvilleNorth ConwayManchester and Nashua Metro AreaManchesterHillsborough CountyHillsboroughNew HampshireWolfeboroNewmarketDerryHillsboroughDoverBelmontPeterboroughHooksettLondonderryPortsmouthGoffstownExeterSouth HooksettS HooksettMilfordHamptonDurhamContoocookAmherstPlymouthEast MerrimackE MerrimackEppingSouhegan Cooperative School DistrictSouhegan Cooper…Town of AmherstAmherstAmherst School DistrictAmherstZIP Code 03031ZIP 03031Hanover015100Tract 01510034.070221%34.070221%34.1%262133.975241%33.975241%34.0%247223.692308%23.692308%23.7%154322.622623%22.622623%22.6%452421.070984%21.070984%21.1%846518.717802%18.717802%18.7%654617.315514%17.315514%17.3%298717.062315%17.062315%17.1%1,150814.949843%14.949843%14.9%6,766914.768779%14.768779%14.8%1,9131014.643399%14.643399%14.6%7721113.420622%13.420622%13.4%1641213.346135%13.346135%13.3%2781313.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.087675%13.087675%13.1%1031413.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.730340%12.730340%12.7%719,701720k12.477396%12.477396%12.5%1381512.233261%12.233261%12.2%2,0811612.030075%12.030075%12.0%961711.773569%11.773569%11.8%5471811.715525%11.715525%11.7%1,1071911.665326%11.665326%11.7%1452011.533243%11.533243%11.5%1702110.717750%10.717750%10.7%221229.940358%9.940358%9.9%300239.748058%9.748058%9.7%3,401249.438735%9.438735%9.4%597259.076923%9.076923%9.1%118268.945687%8.945687%8.9%28278.813721%8.813721%8.8%185288.462238%8.462238%8.5%93298.214510%8.214510%8.2%12,82412.8k8.214510%8.214510%8.2%12,82412.8k7.837959%7.837959%7.8%40,86540.9k7.772512%7.772512%7.8%82307.735247%7.735247%7.7%194317.435757%7.435757%7.4%680327.208238%7.208238%7.2%63337.121082%7.121082%7.1%911346.179775%6.179775%6.2%33356.143129%6.143129%6.1%97366.104329%6.104329%6.1%110375.454990%5.454990%5.5%223385.195701%5.195701%5.2%527395.139186%5.139186%5.1%72405.080606%5.080606%5.1%208414.929208%4.929208%4.9%94424.095386%4.095386%4.1%158433.409091%3.409091%3.4%135443.353293%3.353293%3.4%56453.304348%3.304348%3.3%19463.112840%3.112840%3.1%82.714932%2.714932%2.7%24471.652893%1.652893%1.7%32481.434159%1.434159%1.4%11491.305263%1.305263%1.3%620.961295%0.961295%1.0%380.961295%0.961295%1.0%380.937577%0.937577%0.9%380.867209%0.867209%0.9%16500.441501%0.441501%0.4%8
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the Northeast

There are 4,274 places in the Northeast. This section compares Amherst to the 50 most populous places in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Amherst. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 71,389.

Most Food Stamps by Place#7

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Amherst, selected other places in the Northeast, and entities that contain Amherst
0%10%20%30%40%Count#ReadingLawrenceCamdenHartfordPatersonSpringfieldRochesterBuffaloProvidenceNew BritainSyracuseWaterburyLynnNewarkAllentownFall RiverBrocktonBridgeportErieTrentonNew HavenNew BedfordPawtucketPhiladelphiaLowellScrantonWorcesterAlbanyNew YorkElizabethBostonBethlehemPittsburghYonkersJersey CityManchesterNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesCheektowagaNew EnglandWarwickDanburyQuincyCranstonCliftonNashuaSomervilleNew RochelleStamfordCambridgeManchester and Nashua Metro AreaManchesterHillsborough CountyHillsboroughNew HampshireNorwalkToms RiverNewtonAmherstSouhegan Cooperative School DistrictSouhegan Cooper…Town of AmherstAmherstAmherst School DistrictAmherstZIP Code 03031ZIP 03031015100Tract 01510044.333023%44.333023%44.3%12,86512.9k143.670174%43.670174%43.7%11,24911.2k243.170259%43.170259%43.2%10,69510.7k341.537790%41.537790%41.5%19,04319.0k439.804428%39.804428%39.8%17,42217.4k537.003988%37.003988%37.0%20,69320.7k634.826485%34.826485%34.8%29,88629.9k734.412955%34.412955%34.4%37,74037.7k832.144141%32.144141%32.1%19,67819.7k931.225549%31.225549%31.2%8,7801030.808773%30.808773%30.8%17,08117.1k1130.441676%30.441676%30.4%12,09612.1k1229.691086%29.691086%29.7%9,5731329.258268%29.258268%29.3%27,54927.5k1429.085692%29.085692%29.1%12,06312.1k1528.861492%28.861492%28.9%11,07311.1k1628.501766%28.501766%28.5%9,1181728.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k1827.864170%27.864170%27.9%11,41411.4k1927.097172%27.097172%27.1%7,4652026.525268%26.525268%26.5%13,26913.3k2126.343812%26.343812%26.3%10,34110.3k2225.954060%25.954060%26.0%7,1412325.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k2423.167678%23.167678%23.2%8,9742522.888490%22.888490%22.9%6,6342622.095544%22.095544%22.1%15,29115.3k2721.582487%21.582487%21.6%8,8242820.381006%20.381006%20.4%637,568638k2919.514573%19.514573%19.5%7,8073019.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k3118.654445%18.654445%18.7%5,3933217.343865%17.343865%17.3%23,03323.0k3316.679687%16.679687%16.7%12,17012.2k3416.195840%16.195840%16.2%16,13316.1k3514.949843%14.949843%14.9%6,7663613.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.970071%12.970071%13.0%4,3253712.730340%12.730340%12.7%719,701720k11.472754%11.472754%11.5%4,0363811.398083%11.398083%11.4%3,3543910.627025%10.627025%10.6%4,2324010.439867%10.439867%10.4%3,1784110.239060%10.239060%10.2%2,981429.748058%9.748058%9.7%3,401439.677620%9.677620%9.7%3,119449.304714%9.304714%9.3%2,627458.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,285468.428167%8.428167%8.4%3,666478.214510%8.214510%8.2%12,82412.8k8.214510%8.214510%8.2%12,82412.8k7.837959%7.837959%7.8%40,86540.9k7.835101%7.835101%7.8%2,600487.073936%7.073936%7.1%2,346494.239757%4.239757%4.2%1,310503.112840%3.112840%3.1%81.305263%1.305263%1.3%620.961295%0.961295%1.0%380.961295%0.961295%1.0%380.937577%0.937577%0.9%380.441501%0.441501%0.4%8
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the United States

There are 29,322 places in the United States. This section compares Amherst to the 50 most populous places in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Amherst. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 383,899.

Most Food Stamps by Place#8

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Amherst, selected other places in the United States, and entities that contain Amherst
0%10%20%30%40%Count#DetroitClevelandMiamiMilwaukeeBaltimorePhiladelphiaMemphisFresnoEl PasoNew YorkChicagoTucsonPortlandBostonColumbusIndianapolisAtlantaPhoenixJacksonvilleDallasSan AntonioTulsaMinneapolisLouisvilleFort WorthAlbuquerqueHoustonWashingtonKansas CityNashville-DavidsonOklahoma CityLas VegasSacramentoArlingtonNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesWichitaCharlotteNew EnglandOmahaLong BeachOaklandMesaColorado SpringsColorado SpgsDenverLos AngelesSeattleRaleighAustinManchester and Nashua Metro AreaManchesterHillsborough CountyHillsboroughNew HampshireSan JoseVirginia BeachVirginia BchSan DiegoSan FranciscoAmherstSouhegan Cooperative School DistrictSouhegan Cooper…Town of AmherstAmherstAmherst School DistrictAmherstZIP Code 03031ZIP 03031015100Tract 01510042.327373%42.327373%42.3%108,775109k135.848492%35.848492%35.8%59,89159.9k232.200736%32.200736%32.2%52,03852.0k330.439719%30.439719%30.4%70,25070.3k425.907118%25.907118%25.9%62,80362.8k525.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k624.779032%24.779032%24.8%62,34962.3k723.459108%23.459108%23.5%38,49138.5k821.836606%21.836606%21.8%48,37948.4k920.381006%20.381006%20.4%637,568638k1019.820560%19.820560%19.8%206,645207k1119.541946%19.541946%19.5%40,58140.6k1219.219520%19.219520%19.2%49,28549.3k1319.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k1417.388647%17.388647%17.4%59,16859.2k1517.376020%17.376020%17.4%57,63457.6k1617.272886%17.272886%17.3%32,70532.7k1716.536703%16.536703%16.5%89,11189.1k1816.488666%16.488666%16.5%53,09453.1k1916.142911%16.142911%16.1%78,75478.8k2016.101953%16.101953%16.1%79,16379.2k2116.080399%16.080399%16.1%26,53726.5k2215.944948%15.944948%15.9%27,07527.1k2315.898351%15.898351%15.9%39,29539.3k2415.408373%15.408373%15.4%43,05543.1k2515.230887%15.230887%15.2%33,70933.7k2615.083509%15.083509%15.1%125,369125k2714.960260%14.960260%15.0%41,37241.4k2814.878116%14.878116%14.9%29,22329.2k2914.826522%14.826522%14.8%38,46438.5k3014.606174%14.606174%14.6%34,39934.4k3114.583438%14.583438%14.6%31,96532.0k3213.904317%13.904317%13.9%25,00925.0k3313.305549%13.305549%13.3%17,94217.9k3413.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.955792%12.955792%13.0%19,60619.6k3512.867008%12.867008%12.9%39,89339.9k3612.730340%12.730340%12.7%719,701720k12.344705%12.344705%12.3%21,58221.6k3711.829013%11.829013%11.8%19,39019.4k3811.614665%11.614665%11.6%18,46018.5k3911.059321%11.059321%11.1%19,10019.1k4011.033109%11.033109%11.0%19,61419.6k4110.333295%10.333295%10.3%29,04429.0k429.844866%9.844866%9.8%133,527134k439.579263%9.579263%9.6%29,13629.1k449.299252%9.299252%9.3%16,18216.2k459.253601%9.253601%9.3%33,16533.2k468.214510%8.214510%8.2%12,82412.8k8.214510%8.214510%8.2%12,82412.8k7.837959%7.837959%7.8%40,86540.9k7.031769%7.031769%7.0%22,31322.3k476.899331%6.899331%6.9%11,55711.6k486.386941%6.386941%6.4%31,31031.3k495.164561%5.164561%5.2%18,42718.4k503.112840%3.112840%3.1%81.305263%1.305263%1.3%620.961295%0.961295%1.0%380.961295%0.961295%1.0%380.937577%0.937577%0.9%380.441501%0.441501%0.4%8
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

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  • Food Stamps: formally called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a program to provide monetary assistance to low income households for the purpose of purchasing food

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State:
New Hampshire
County:
Hillsborough
Metro Area:
Manchester Area
Town:
Amherst
ZIP Code:
03031
Elementary School District:
Amherst
Secondary School District:
Souhegan Cooperative
Congressional District:
NH-2
State Senate District:
NH-11
State House District:
NH-Hillsborough County No. 22
Nearby Cities:
Manchester, Nashua
Nearby Unincorporated Places:
East Merrimack, Goffstown, Greenville, Hudson, Milford, Pepperell, Pinardville, Wilton