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Rockingham County · New Hampshire

ZIP code 03044

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 03044 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
4,783

ZCTA residents

Median income
$125,774

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$405,400

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
0%

New Hampshire state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 03044 sits in Rockingham County, New Hampshire and is home to 4,783 people. Median household income is $125,774, the median home is worth $405,400 and median gross rent is $2,618. 92% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 0% (New Hampshire state rate).

County
Rockingham County

FIPS 33015

State
New Hampshire (NH)

246 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 03044

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
4,783ZIP 03044 residents
Median household income
$125,774Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$405,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$2,618Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
44.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
92%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 03044 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 03044 is a small town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, with 4,783 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #85 of 246 ranked by population — larger than 65% of them. The median age here is 44.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in ZIP 03044 earn a median of $125,774 a year, 60.1% above the national figure of $78,538. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 5.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 03044 is valued at $405,400, 33.6% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $2,618 a month, 86.2% above the national figure, or roughly $31,416 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 92% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

Reading ZIP 03044 in context

How 03044 sits inside Rockingham County and New Hampshire.

ZIP 03044 is tabulated inside Rockingham County, New Hampshire, one of 36 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 246 across New Hampshire. Population sits in the small-town band, typically one main street plus the addresses that feed into it. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 03044 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 03044 reports a median household income of $125,774, close to the $124,065 county median, and 36% above the $92,797 typical NH ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $405,400, 13% below the county figure and 19% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $2,618 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

New Hampshire charges 0% statewide, and no local sales tax is layered on top, so the state rate is the full amount collected in 03044.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 03044 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 03044

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
0%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$0Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$0Before any exemptions

New Hampshire levies 0% statewide with no local add-ons. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
25%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
3.2×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$2,104/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
5.6%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 03044 compares

ZIP 03044 against the median ZIP in Rockingham County and across New Hampshire.

MeasureZIP 03044County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$125,774$124,065$92,797+36%
Median home value$405,400$464,100$339,600+19%
Median gross rent$2,618$1,632$1,302+101%
Population4,7835,6682,738+75%

Medians are computed across the 36 ZIP areas in Rockingham County and the 246 ZIP areas in New Hampshire.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 246 New Hampshire ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 82% of 235 state ZIPs

#42
Home value

above 74% of 238 state ZIPs

#63
Population

larger than 65% of 246 state ZIPs

#85

Comparable ZIP codes

New Hampshire ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
03037Rockingham County$126,063$389,800$1,531
03051Hillsborough County$124,973$407,100$1,615
03824Strafford County$126,658$469,900$1,432
03076Hillsborough County$126,804$484,500$1,390
03870Rockingham County$127,772$927,600$1,521
03255Merrimack County$123,167$440,600$514

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Rockingham County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

ZIP 03044 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 03044?
ZIP 03044 lies mostly in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 03044?
New Hampshire charges 0% statewide.
Is 03044 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $2,618 a month, about 25% of median household income, and the median home is worth $405,400 — +19% against the typical New Hampshire ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 03044, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.