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, Nashua isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Nashua are a mix 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 noticeable about Nashua, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Nashua is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Nashua a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

For the size of the city, public transportation in Nashua is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Nashua, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Nashua Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Nashua citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.46% of adults in Nashua have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

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.