CEDS 2025 - 2029
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
A CEDS is a plan that outlines a region's economic development needs and goals. It emerges from a continuous planning process developed with a broad based and diverse community participation that addresses the economic potential of an area.
The strategy should promote sustainable economic development and opportunity, foster effective transportation systems, enhance and protect the environment and balance resources through sound management of development.
The 2025-2029 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy has been finalized as of June 27, 2025.
Thank you to all who contributed to this year's CEDS!
2025-2029 CEDS RESOURCES
The following resources are either referenced in the 2025 CEDS or information we believe is useful to provide.
NH Community Profiles
Click on the name of each town below to be taken to its Community Profile from the Economic Labor Market Information Bureau.
Data and Demographics
Table A-1: Population History and Estimates (2024 U.S. Census and NH OPD, updated on December 2025)
Table A-2: Population Projections ( 2022 NH OPD, updated on December 2025)
Table A-3: Population – Gender and Age (2024 ACS, updated on May 2026)
Table A-4: Population – Race and Ethnic Origin (2024 ACS, updated on May 2026)
Table B-1: Housing Units – Census Counts and Housing Estimates (2024 ACS, updated on May 2026)
Table B-4: Housing Purchase Prices – NH Counties (2024 NH Housing)
Table B-5: Home Sales (2024 NH Housing)
Table B-7: Foreclosures (2024 NH Housing)
Table B-8: Average Monthly Rental Prices (2024 NH Housing)
Table C-2: Employment and Wages (2024 NH Economic + Labor Market Information Bureau, updated January 2026)
Hillsborough County | Rockingham County | New Hampshire
Table D-1: Land Use Area by Town (Rockingham Planning Commission, updated June 2025)
Table F-2: Education Attainment (2024 ACS, updated June 2026)
Table F-3: Per Capita Income (2024 ACS, updated May 2026)
Table F-4: Poverty Rates (2024 ACS, updated May 2026)
2025 Visioning Sessions
Shaping a 5-year vision and plan for Southeastern NH covering transportation and infrastructure, the environment, culture and recreation, workforce and economy, housing, and more.
As part of the 2025 planning process, REDC held three public visioning sessions throughout its region for the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). The purpose of these sessions was to gather public and municipal input on the goals, opportunities, and weaknesses of our region and to come up with priorities to be addressed from an economic development perspective over the next five years. REDC and the CEDS Steering Committee used the information gathered at these events to update and refine the goals and objectives of the CEDS.
Thank you to all who participated in these visioning sessions!