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Temple - Sharon, NH

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Overview


Temple - Sharon is a very small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 4,388 people and just one neighborhood, Temple - Sharon is the 98th largest community in New Hampshire.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Temple - Sharon isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Temple - Sharon are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Temple - Sharon is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Temple - Sharon who work in management occupations (11.02%), office and administrative support (10.84%), and sales jobs (8.25%).

A relatively large number of people in Temple - Sharon telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.25% 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

Temple - Sharon is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Temple - Sharon’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Temple - Sharon, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.81 minutes every day commuting to work.

Demographics

The overall education level of Temple - Sharon citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.71% of adults in Temple - Sharon have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Temple - Sharon in 2018 was $41,981, 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 $167,924 for a family of four. However, Temple - Sharon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Temple - Sharon is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Korean.

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.

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, 8.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 5.0% have French Canadian 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 Temple - Sharon are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 71.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.9% 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 75.4% 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, 37.2% 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 28.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.0%), and 14.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.0% 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 Temple - Sharon, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (16.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report German roots (11.3%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (8.7%), along with some Finnish ancestry residents (8.5%), 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 (28.5% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (79.5%) 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 (5.7%) . 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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