Dwelling Unit Survey
2025 Dwelling Unit Response Form – Fill out the response form for the 2025 calendar year. This form is typically completed by a building inspector, planner, or the town clerk.
The form can be filled out online, downloaded to save, and emailed back to us. If downloaded first, the definitions below will appear when hovering the cursor over applicable terms.
Data Review Sheets – Please find your municipality in the packet and review the information for accuracy. These numbers represent Census data for your community, as well as previous submissions you have made to OPD. If any figure is incorrect, please notify us and explain the inaccuracy.
Please return the Dwelling Unit Response Form, and any inaccuracies found in your Data Review Sheet, to alvina.snegach@livefree.nh.gov no later than Saturday, May 30, 2026.
Timely response helps us to report your population estimates as accurately as possible. For further assistance, contact Ken Gallager at
kenneth.r.gallager@livefree.nh.gov or 603-271-1773.
Dwelling Unit Response Form
Terms and Definitions
Housing Unit – A housing unit is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as a house, apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room intended for occupancy as separate living quarters.
| 1 Family: |
A structure detached from any other house, with open space on all four sides. Manufactured housing is now included in this total. |
| 2 Family: |
A structure containing 2 housing units such as a duplex or a new single-family home with an attached accessory dwelling unit. |
| 3 or 4 Family: |
A structure containing 3 or 4 housing units. |
| 5+ Family: |
A structure containing 5 or more housing units. |
| Conversions: |
A conversion is a residence or non-residential building that has been converted into additional living units.
For example, a single-family residence converted to a duplex would count as one additional unit; the addition of an accessory dwelling unit would also be counted as one new unit; an office or store converted into living quarters would count as the number of new units created.
Conversion from a residential building to a non-residential building should be listed in the demolition column. A single-family home converted to a store or business with no further residential use would count as the demolition of one unit.
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