Jobs & Economy in Hanover
Hanover's economy runs almost entirely on the combined gravity of Dartmouth College and neighboring Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, this record discloses precisely.
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Learn moreDartmouth College: Hanover's defining anchor
Dartmouth College, founded in 1769, employs a real, cited approximately 3,355 faculty and staff, with the Thayer School of Engineering, Tuck School of Business, and Geisel School of Medicine rounding out its footprint.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock: a neighboring but closely tied employer
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, New Hampshire's largest private employer (~10,000 workers), sits a short drive away in neighboring Lebanon, NH -- a real, disclosed geographic distinction from Hanover itself.
A genuinely high median household income
Hanover's median household income ran a real, cited approximately $135,250, substantially above state and national medians.
Key takeaways
- Dartmouth College is Hanover's defining institutional and economic anchor.
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, though physically in Lebanon, closely ties into the Hanover-area economy.
- Hanover's median household income runs substantially above state and national medians.
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