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Swanzey town, Cheshire County, NH

7,398 Population
45 square miles 164.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cheshire County: 43.6 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 43.3 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,659 ±$3,803 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Cheshire County: $43,485 ±$1,311
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $52,798 ±$540
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$81,595 ±$11,254 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Cheshire County: $83,329 ±$3,984
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Hampshire: $99,031 ±$1,123
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.8% ±2.8% (568  ±206) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cheshire County: 8.7% † 6,405 (±1.2% / ±859)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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)

24.3 minutes ±2.1 (88,140  ±12,323) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Cheshire County: 23.7 792,355 (±0.8 / ±34,213)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 26.7 16,302,015 (±0.2 / ±193,854)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,154 ±166 Number of households
  • Cheshire County: 30,620 ±523
  • New Hampshire: 555,822 ±2,236
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (7,398  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cheshire County: 2.4 73,481 (±0 / ±73)
  • a little less than the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,353,835
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±3.9% (61  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Cheshire County: 4.7% † 773 (±1.2% / ±200)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Hampshire: 4.6% 13,865 (±0.3% / ±851)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,334 ±199 Number of housing units
  • Cheshire County: 35,899 ±64
  • New Hampshire: 648,472 ±247
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$259,200 ±$15,352 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cheshire County: $280,100 ±$6,524
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Hampshire: $402,500 ±$2,808
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.2% ±4% (756  ±297.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Cheshire County: 10.7% † 8,239 (±1.2% / ±892.2)
  • a little less than the rate in New Hampshire: 10.7% 147,877 (±0.4% / ±4,807)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.3% ±9% (5,370  ±558.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cheshire County: 94.4% 52,671 (±2.7% / ±1,490.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 94.4% 962,216 (±0.7% / ±7,083.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.2% ±5.5% (1,737  ±324.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cheshire County: 35.5% 19,827 (±1.6% / ±883.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Hampshire: 40.7% 414,276 (±0.5% / ±4,552.3)
  • about 80 percent 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

2.7% ±1.4% (197  ±101) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cheshire County: 2.9% 2,233
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Hampshire: 6.1% 85,632
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.1% ±3.5% (671  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cheshire County: 7.4% 4,678 (±0.7% / ±418)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Hampshire: 7.6% 86,727 (±0.2% / ±1,890)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
671 Total veterans ±211 618 Male ±204 53 Female ±50

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