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Nelson town, Cheshire County, NH

586 Population
21.9 square miles 26.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±10 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cheshire County: 43.5 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,736 ±$9,685 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Cheshire County: $41,683 ±$1,239
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Hampshire: $50,867 ±$515
$91,250 ±$20,980 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cheshire County: $81,001 ±$3,886
  • a little less than the amount in New Hampshire: $95,628 ±$1,073

2.4% ±1.8% (14  ±11) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Cheshire County: 8.9% † 6,529 (±1% / ±750)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Hampshire: 7.2% 96,457 (±0.2% / ±3,080)

26.9 minutes ±12.1 (5,670  ±1,668) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cheshire County: 23.7 812,245 (±0.8 / ±33,890)
  • about the same as the figure in New Hampshire: 26.8 16,615,880 (±0.3 / ±208,159)

Families

236 ±46 Number of households
  • Cheshire County: 30,519 ±463
  • New Hampshire: 551,186 ±2,292
2.5 ±0.3 (586  ±129) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Cheshire County: 2.4 72,918 (±0 / ±74)
  • about the same as the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,346,748

8.7% ±4.9% (10  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Cheshire County: 3.9% † 650 (±1.1% / ±186)
  • about double the rate in New Hampshire: 4.4% 13,224 (±0.3% / ±861)

Housing

383 ±58 Number of housing units
  • Cheshire County: 35,777 ±70
  • New Hampshire: 644,253 ±255

$341,500 ±$42,670 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Cheshire County: $257,200 ±$6,294
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $367,200 ±$2,362

4.2% ±2.6% (24  ±15.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Cheshire County: 12% † 9,196 (±1.2% / ±946.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 11.3% 154,971 (±0.3% / ±4,521.1)

Social

99.3% ±22.5% (422  ±57.4) 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)
64.5% ±15.7% (274  ±44.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Cheshire County: 35.3% 19,510 (±1.6% / ±871.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 39.8% 401,838 (±0.5% / ±4,590)

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

3.4% ±2.6% (20  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cheshire County: 2.7% 2,066
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 6.2% 86,095

6.2% ±2.2% (27  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters 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)
27 Total veterans ±11 21 Male ±9 6 Female ±8

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