Derry is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 34,354 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Derry is the fourth largest community in New Hampshire.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Derry is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Derry is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Derry who work in office and administrative support (12.36%), sales jobs (10.32%), and management occupations (10.26%).
Also of interest is that Derry has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.94% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 Derry, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.51 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
In terms of college education, Derry is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.49% of adults in Derry have a college degree.
The per capita income in Derry in 2018 was $37,471, which is middle income relative to New Hampshire, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,884 for a family of four. However, Derry contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Derry home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Derry residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Derry include Irish, English, Italian, French, and German.
The most common language spoken in Derry is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.