About Dunbarton

Dunbarton is a very small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 2,226 people and just one neighborhood, Dunbarton is the 148th largest community in New Hampshire.

Unlike some towns , Dunbarton isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Dunbarton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dunbarton is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dunbarton who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.07%), management occupations (12.17%), and sales jobs (11.15%).

Also of interest is that Dunbarton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Dunbarton is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Dunbarton really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Dunbarton perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Dunbarton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.66 minutes every day commuting to work.

Dunbarton is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Dunbarton, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.58% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small town, Dunbarton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Dunbarton Information and Demographics

The population of Dunbarton is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.99% of adults in Dunbarton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Dunbarton in 2000 was $27,892, which is upper middle income relative to New Hampshire, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,568 for a family of four. However, Dunbarton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Dunbarton home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Dunbarton is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Dunbarton include French Canadian, English, French, Irish, Italian, German, Polish, Swedish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Dunbarton is English. Some people also speak French.