Another notable thing is that Meredith is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Meredith has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Meredith has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Meredith than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Meredith may be for you.
The education level of Meredith ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Meredith, 43.87% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Meredith in 2018 was $48,622, which is upper middle income relative to New Hampshire, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $194,488 for a family of four. However, Meredith contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Meredith home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Meredith residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Meredith include English, Irish, German, French Canadian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Meredith is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Tagalog.
