Chichester is a very small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 2,772 people and just one neighborhood, Chichester is the 139th largest community in New Hampshire.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Chichester is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Chichester is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chichester who work in management occupations (15.04%), office and administrative support (11.78%), and sales jobs (11.46%).
Also of interest is that Chichester has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Chichester telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 18.16% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Because of many things, Chichester is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Chichester a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Chichester has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Chichester’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
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!) Chichester 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. Chichester has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Chichester than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Chichester may be for you.
In Chichester, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.70 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
In Chichester, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Chichester is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
The citizens of Chichester are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.30% of adults in Chichester have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Chichester in 2022 was $46,805, which is middle income relative to New Hampshire, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $187,220 for a family of four.
The people who call Chichester home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chichester residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Chichester include Irish, English, French Canadian, German, and French.
The most common language spoken in Chichester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
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, 14.3% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 12.2% have French ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Chichester are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 80.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 62.2% of America'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, 52.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 17.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (16.4%), and 14.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Chichester, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (26.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (21.9%), and residents who report French Canadian roots (14.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (12.5%), along with some French ancestry residents (12.2%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (73.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.