About Litchfield

Litchfield is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 7,360 people and just one neighborhood, Litchfield is the 46th largest community in New Hampshire.

Litchfield is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Litchfield is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Litchfield who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.50%), sales jobs (13.52%), and management occupations (11.35%).

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

Because of many things, Litchfield is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Litchfield a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Litchfield has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Litchfield's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Litchfield, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.88 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Litchfield 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 Litchfield, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 99.42% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Litchfield Information and Demographics

The citizens of Litchfield are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 33.33% of adults in Litchfield have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Litchfield in 2000 was $25,203, which is upper middle income relative to New Hampshire and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,812 for a family of four. However, Litchfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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