Strafford is a very small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 4,329 people and just one neighborhood, Strafford is the 99th largest community in New Hampshire.
Housing costs in Strafford are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Hampshire.
Unlike some towns, Strafford isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Strafford are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Strafford is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Strafford who work in management occupations (19.53%), teaching (8.47%), and business and financial occupations (8.16%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.44% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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, Strafford is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Strafford 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, Strafford has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Strafford’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
One downside of living in Strafford is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Strafford, the average commute to work is 35.24 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Strafford does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Strafford is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 40.34% of adults in Strafford have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.
The per capita income in Strafford in 2022 was $45,895, which is middle income relative to New Hampshire, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $183,580 for a family of four. However, Strafford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Strafford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Strafford residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Strafford include Irish, English, French, Italian, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Strafford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Indo-European.
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.
Astoundingly, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 97.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here.
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, 8.2% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 10.8% 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 Strafford are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 90.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.8% 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 79.2% 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, 48.8% 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 21.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.8%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households. Some people also speak Polish (4.6%).
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 Strafford, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (25.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (20.7%), and residents who report French roots (10.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.7%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (8.2%), 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 (36.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (71.6%) 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 (9.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.