| Official Name: | Goffstown, New Hampshire |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | New Hampshire#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Goffstown |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Hampshire |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hillsborough |
| Subdivision Type3: | Town |
| Subdivision Name3: | Goffstown |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.81 |
| Area Land Km2: | 8.20 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.61 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.40 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.17 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.24 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 3366 |
| Population Density Km2: | 410.37 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1062.84 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 315 |
| Coordinates: | 43.0203°N -71.6°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 03045 |
| Area Code: | 603 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 33-29780 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2629722 |
Goffstown is a census-designated place (CDP) and the main village in the town of Goffstown in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population of the CDP was 3,366 at the 2020 census,[2] out of 18,577 in the entire town.
The CDP is in the center of the western part of the town of Goffstown, on both sides of the Piscataquog River. The CDP extends north beyond Parsons Road, 3rd Avenue, Whipple Lane, Smith Road, Hemlock Drive, Heather Hill Road, and Winter Hill Road, and extends east past Paige Hill Road to include all of Upton Lane and all of Glen Lake on the Piscataquog. To the south, the CDP extends beyond Park Lane, Goffstown High School, Ashlar Drive, Westwood Drive, and Janice Drive, and to the west the CDP extends beyond Cushing Road and Parsons Road.[3]
New Hampshire Route 114 passes through the center of the community, leading southeast 7miles to Route 101 in Bedford and northwest to Henniker. New Hampshire Route 13 also passes through the center, joining Route 114 to cross the Piscataquog, but leading north and east to Concord and southwest 7miles to New Boston. Downtown Manchester is 8miles to the east via Elm Street and Goffstown Back Road.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Goffstown CDP has a total area of 8.8sqkm, of which 8.2sqkm are land and 0.6sqkm, or 6.95%, are water.[4]
As of the census of 2010, there were 3,196 people, 1,269 households, and 851 families residing in the CDP. There were 1,339 housing units, of which 70, or 5.2%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.5% white, 0.3% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.2% some other race, and 1.3% from two or more races. 1.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.[5]
Of the 1,269 households in the CDP, 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were headed by married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52, and the average family size was 3.04.[5]
23.1% of residents in the CDP were under the age of 18, 7.7% were from age 18 to 24, 24.6% were from 25 to 44, 31.4% were from 45 to 64, and 13.3% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males.[5]
For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $61,690, and the median income for a family was $73,375. Male full-time workers had a median income of $64,489 versus $40,735 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $35,311. 1.8% of the population and 1.7% of families were below the poverty line, along with 2.7% of people under the age of 18 and 3.4% of people 65 or older.[6]
It is in the Goffstown School District.[7] This district is a part of School Administrative Unit 19.[8]