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Wakefield town, Carroll County, NH

5,405 Population
39.6 square miles 136.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Carroll County: 54.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.3 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,926 ±$6,389 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Carroll County: $50,677 ±$2,384
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $52,798 ±$540
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$100,976 ±$11,069 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Carroll County: $86,463 ±$3,914
  • about the same as the amount in New Hampshire: $99,031 ±$1,123
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.2% ±5.2% (385  ±279) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Carroll County: 7.6% † 3,886 (±1.2% / ±607)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 7.3% 98,248 (±0.3% / ±3,704)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.7 minutes ±1.2 (92,590  ±15,794) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Carroll County: 26.6 547,345 (±0.7 / ±29,629)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Hampshire: 26.7 16,302,015 (±0.2 / ±193,854)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,999 ±232 Number of households
  • Carroll County: 21,847 ±657
  • New Hampshire: 555,822 ±2,236
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (5,405  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Carroll County: 2.3 51,128 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,353,835
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

19.8% ±12% (199  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Carroll County: 4.6% † 387 (±1.8% / ±149)
  • more than double the rate in New Hampshire: 4.6% 13,865 (±0.3% / ±851)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,741 ±244 Number of housing units
  • Carroll County: 40,421 ±99
  • New Hampshire: 648,472 ±247
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$322,800 ±$43,454 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Carroll County: $388,900 ±$12,730
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $402,500 ±$2,808
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±5.5% (444  ±292.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Carroll County: 8.7% † 4,471 (±1.6% / ±801.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 10.7% 147,877 (±0.4% / ±4,807)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96% ±11.2% (3,726  ±512.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Carroll County: 95.6% 39,297 (±3.5% / ±1,452.5)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 94.4% 962,216 (±0.7% / ±7,083.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.2% ±7.5% (1,017  ±301.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Carroll County: 38.7% 15,895 (±2.3% / ±949.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Hampshire: 40.7% 414,276 (±0.5% / ±4,552.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.3% ±1.4% (72  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Carroll County: 2.4% 1,217
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Hampshire: 6.1% 85,632
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±2.9% (266  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Carroll County: 9.1% † 4,011 (±1% / ±443)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.6% 86,727 (±0.2% / ±1,890)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
266 Total veterans ±129 266 Male ±129 N/A Female ±17

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