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Fitzwilliam - Richmond, NH

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Overview


Fitzwilliam - Richmond is a very small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 3,659 people and just one neighborhood, Fitzwilliam - Richmond is the 117th largest community in New Hampshire.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Fitzwilliam - Richmond isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fitzwilliam - Richmond are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fitzwilliam - Richmond is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fitzwilliam - Richmond who work in office and administrative support (10.39%), food service (8.48%), and sales jobs (7.91%).

Also of interest is that Fitzwilliam - Richmond 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 Fitzwilliam - Richmond telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.21% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Fitzwilliam - Richmond is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Fitzwilliam - Richmond 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, Fitzwilliam - Richmond has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Fitzwilliam - Richmond’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

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, Fitzwilliam - Richmond is worth considering.

One downside of living in Fitzwilliam - Richmond, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.59 minutes every day commuting to work.

Demographics

The overall education level of Fitzwilliam - Richmond citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.77% of adults in Fitzwilliam - Richmond have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Fitzwilliam - Richmond in 2022 was $44,142, 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 $176,568 for a family of four. However, Fitzwilliam - Richmond contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Fitzwilliam - Richmond is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Fitzwilliam - Richmond, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

In addition, owner-occupied real estate dominates the neighborhood. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout research, the percentage of residential real estate occupied by its owner is higher here than in 96.4% of neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 5.9% have French Canadian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Fitzwilliam - Richmond are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 65.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.4% 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 63.4% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 33.6% 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 31.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.1%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

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 97.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Fitzwilliam - Richmond, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (21.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.4%), and residents who report French roots (9.5%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (9.4%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (8.6%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (81.5%) 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.


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