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Swanzey town, Cheshire County, NH

7,351 Population
45 square miles 163.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.2 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cheshire County: 43.5 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,512 ±$3,472 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Cheshire County: $41,683 ±$1,239
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $50,867 ±$515
$78,045 ±$9,018 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Cheshire County: $81,001 ±$3,886
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $95,628 ±$1,073

9.6% ±3.6% (696  ±260) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cheshire County: 8.9% † 6,529 (±1% / ±750)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Hampshire: 7.2% 96,457 (±0.2% / ±3,080)

24.2 minutes ±2.3 (91,320  ±12,041) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Cheshire County: 23.7 812,245 (±0.8 / ±33,890)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 26.8 16,615,880 (±0.3 / ±208,159)

Families

3,200 ±140 Number of households
  • Cheshire County: 30,519 ±463
  • New Hampshire: 551,186 ±2,292
2.3 ±0.1 (7,351  ±17) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cheshire County: 2.4 72,918 (±0 / ±74)
  • a little less than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,346,748

4.5% ±2.9% (57  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cheshire County: 3.9% † 650 (±1.1% / ±186)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 4.4% 13,224 (±0.3% / ±861)

Housing

3,357 ±153 Number of housing units
  • Cheshire County: 35,777 ±70
  • New Hampshire: 644,253 ±255

$247,300 ±$17,610 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

12.3% ±4.1% (904  ±303.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Cheshire County: 12% † 9,196 (±1.2% / ±946.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 11.3% 154,971 (±0.3% / ±4,521.1)

Social

93.7% ±9.4% (5,498  ±583.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cheshire County: 94% 51,924 (±2.7% / ±1,488.5)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 94.1% 949,225 (±0.7% / ±6,911.3)
28.2% ±5.2% (1,656  ±308.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cheshire County: 35.3% 19,510 (±1.6% / ±871.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.9% ±1.5% (214  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cheshire County: 2.7% 2,066
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 6.2% 86,095

13.6% ±3.8% (834  ±237) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cheshire County: 8.2% † 5,186 (±0.8% / ±518)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 7.9% 89,294 (±0.2% / ±2,249)
834 Total veterans ±237 799 Male ±238 35 Female ±32

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