Hillsborough Sun

Hancock ranked 11th 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 Hancock residents was an inflation-adjusted $39,632 per year. Hancock had 130 households in 2017, with a population of 231.

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 – $23,285 more than Hancock. 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 $34,017 less than the median income in Hancock 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