About Rye

Rye is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 5,182 people and just one neighborhood, Rye is the 74th largest community in New Hampshire.

Rye is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Rye is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Rye who work in sales jobs (18.26%), management occupations (18.01%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.35%).

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.32% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Rye is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Rye are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. This is certainly the case with Rye, which has a vibrant tourist economy.

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

Rye Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Rye. 53.34% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Rye in 2000 was $36,746, which is wealthy relative to New Hampshire and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $146,984 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Rye is English.