Nashua is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 86,605 people and 15 constituent neighborhoods, Nashua is the second largest community in New Hampshire.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Nashua is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Nashua is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nashua who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.81%), sales jobs (12.39%), and management occupations (10.23%).

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

One thing that you will notice about Nashua is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Nashua a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Nashua is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. The bus helps to get a lot of people to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Nashua area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Nashua Information and Demographics

The education level of Nashua citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 31.46% of adults in Nashua have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Nashua in 2000 was $25,209, which is upper middle income relative to New Hampshire and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,836 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Nashua is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.