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Jaffrey town, Cheshire County, NH

5,413 Population
38.4 square miles 141 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cheshire County: 43.5 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New Hampshire: 43.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,287 ±$7,759 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cheshire County: $41,683 ±$1,239
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $50,867 ±$515
$87,527 ±$26,274 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cheshire County: $81,001 ±$3,886
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $95,628 ±$1,073

3.6% ±2.6% (193  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cheshire County: 8.9% † 6,529 (±1% / ±750)
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 7.2% 96,457 (±0.2% / ±3,080)

25 minutes ±3.9 (63,865  ±13,212) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Cheshire County: 23.7 812,245 (±0.8 / ±33,890)
  • a little less than the figure in New Hampshire: 26.8 16,615,880 (±0.3 / ±208,159)

Families

2,063 ±220 Number of households
  • Cheshire County: 30,519 ±463
  • New Hampshire: 551,186 ±2,292
2.6 ±0.3 (5,328  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cheshire County: 2.4 72,918 (±0 / ±74)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,346,748

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,487 ±193 Number of housing units
  • Cheshire County: 35,777 ±70
  • New Hampshire: 644,253 ±255

$244,900 ±$27,441 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Cheshire County: $257,200 ±$6,294
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Hampshire: $367,200 ±$2,362

7.1% ±3.7% (383  ±199.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cheshire County: 12% † 9,196 (±1.2% / ±946.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 11.3% 154,971 (±0.3% / ±4,521.1)

Social

97% ±13% (3,818  ±558.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cheshire County: 94% 51,924 (±2.7% / ±1,488.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 94.1% 949,225 (±0.7% / ±6,911.3)
34.3% ±7.1% (1,349  ±288.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cheshire County: 35.3% 19,510 (±1.6% / ±871.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 39.8% 401,838 (±0.5% / ±4,590)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.8% ±1.4% (98  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cheshire County: 2.7% 2,066
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Hampshire: 6.2% 86,095

6.5% ±2.6% (268  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cheshire County: 8.2% † 5,186 (±0.8% / ±518)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.9% 89,294 (±0.2% / ±2,249)
268 Total veterans ±107 229 Male ±89 39 Female ±47

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