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Haverhill, NH

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Overview


Haverhill is a very small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 4,655 people and just one neighborhood, Haverhill is the 89th largest community in New Hampshire.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Haverhill, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.94% of Haverhill’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Haverhill is a town of professionals, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Haverhill who work in management occupations (13.01%), office and administrative support (7.30%), and maintenance occupations (6.74%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Haverhill is worth considering.

In Haverhill, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.32 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, Haverhill is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.50% of adults 25 and older in Haverhill have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Haverhill in 2018 was $38,312, which is lower middle income relative to New Hampshire, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $153,248 for a family of four. However, Haverhill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Haverhill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Haverhill residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Haverhill include Irish, French, English, French Canadian, and German.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (2.1%) living in the neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.1% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 15.1% have French ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Haverhill are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 38.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 35.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.7%), and 8.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.9% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Haverhill, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (17.4%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (15.1%), and residents who report English roots (14.1%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (11.1%), along with some German ancestry residents (10.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (30.4% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (83.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (12.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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