Goffstown ranked ninth among cities in New Hampshire by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.
The median income of Goffstown residents was an inflation-adjusted $40,079 per year. Goffstown had 1,424 households in 2017, with a population of 3,096.
The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Amherst. Amherst’s median income was $62,917 per year after adjusting for inflation – $22,838 more than Goffstown. It had 262 households in 2017 and a population of 679.
Durham had the lowest annual resident income among cities in New Hampshire, with a median income of only $5,615 per year. That was $34,464 less than the median income in Goffstown at the time. Durham had 1,683 households in 2017 and a population of 10,753.
The table below shows the top 95 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.
| Rank | City | Earnings per resident ($$$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amherst | 62,917 |
| 2 | Newfields | 46,518 |
| 3 | Plainfield | 46,375 |
| 4 | Seabrook Beach | 45,833 |
| 5 | Hampton | 42,009 |
| 6 | Suissevale | 41,786 |
| 7 | East Merrimack | 40,847 |
| 8 | Alton | 40,170 |
| 9 | Goffstown | 40,079 |
| 10 | Contoocook | 39,732 |
| 11 | Hancock | 39,632 |
| 12 | Portsmouth | 38,685 |
| 13 | Londonderry | 38,379 |
| 14 | Peterborough | 37,953 |
| 15 | Lebanon | 37,620 |
| 16 | Exeter | 36,791 |
| 17 | North Walpole | 36,467 |
| 18 | Wilton | 36,028 |
| 19 | Suncook | 35,242 |
| 20 | Hooksett | 35,088 |
| 21 | New Hampton | 34,141 |
| 22 | Hudson | 33,905 |
| 23 | Hampton Beach | 33,870 |
| 24 | Milford | 33,710 |
| 25 | Derry | 33,647 |
| 26 | Dover | 32,917 |
| 27 | Nashua | 32,840 |
| 28 | Bennington | 32,679 |
| 29 | Canaan | 32,600 |
| 30 | Concord | 32,277 |
| 31 | Newmarket | 32,230 |
| 32 | Newport | 32,033 |
| 33 | Raymond | 31,640 |
| 34 | Gorham | 31,292 |
| 35 | Enfield | 31,286 |
| 36 | Woodsville | 30,820 |
| 37 | Pinardville | 30,797 |
| 38 | Somersworth | 30,694 |
| 39 | Conway | 30,644 |
| 40 | Manchester | 30,156 |
| 41 | Troy | 30,000 |
| 42 | Rochester | 29,942 |
| 43 | Meredith | 29,911 |
| 44 | Walpole | 29,741 |
| 45 | Greenville | 29,492 |
| 46 | Milton | 29,464 |
| 47 | Hillsborough | 29,076 |
| 48 | Center Sandwich | 28,967 |
| 49 | Claremont | 28,781 |
| 50 | South Hooksett | 28,630 |
| 51 | Tilton Northfield | 28,119 |
| 52 | Bristol | 28,088 |
| 53 | Farmington | 27,541 |
| 54 | North Conway | 27,233 |
| 55 | Lancaster | 27,152 |
| 56 | Belmont | 27,019 |
| 57 | Laconia | 26,723 |
| 58 | Bradford | 26,029 |
| 59 | Franklin | 26,026 |
| 60 | Winchester | 25,875 |
| 61 | Lincoln | 25,561 |
| 62 | Keene | 25,268 |
| 63 | Jaffrey | 25,260 |
| 64 | Bethlehem | 25,227 |
| 65 | Epping | 24,653 |
| 66 | Marlborough | 24,602 |
| 67 | Lisbon | 24,464 |
| 68 | Pittsfield | 24,375 |
| 69 | Charlestown | 24,347 |
| 70 | Loudon | 24,236 |
| 71 | North Haverhill | 24,188 |
| 72 | Milton Mills | 23,864 |
| 73 | Colebrook | 23,803 |
| 74 | Antrim | 23,784 |
| 75 | Wolfeboro | 23,698 |
| 76 | West Swanzey | 23,625 |
| 77 | Center Ossipee | 23,508 |
| 78 | Union | 23,024 |
| 79 | Warner | 22,750 |
| 80 | Littleton | 22,274 |
| 81 | Mountain Lakes | 21,944 |
| 82 | Groveton | 21,792 |
| 83 | Berlin | 21,744 |
| 84 | Hinsdale | 21,335 |
| 85 | Whitefield | 20,865 |
| 86 | Ashland | 20,717 |
| 87 | North Woodstock | 20,691 |
| 88 | Sanbornville | 19,797 |
| 89 | Bartlett | 17,396 |
| 90 | Henniker | 15,352 |
| 91 | West Stewartstown | 14,567 |
| 92 | Hanover | 9,935 |
| 93 | Plymouth | 6,874 |
| 94 | New London | 6,174 |
| 95 | Durham | 5,615 |
* All values are inflation-adjusted
