New Ipswich is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 5,336 people and just one neighborhood, New Ipswich is the 74th largest community in New Hampshire.
New Ipswich is a blue-collar town, with 35.69% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, New Ipswich is a town of service providers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in New Ipswich who work in management occupations (12.71%), office and administrative support (8.44%), and sales jobs (6.13%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.14% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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, New Ipswich is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, New Ipswich really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is New Ipswich perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
One downside of living in New Ipswich, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.15 minutes every day commuting to work.
New Ipswich is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of New Ipswich citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.00% of adults in New Ipswich have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in New Ipswich in 2022 was $41,094, 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 $164,376 for a family of four.
The people who call New Ipswich home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Ipswich residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in New Ipswich include English, Irish, Finnish, German, and French.
The most common language spoken in New Ipswich is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Korean.
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.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
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, 10.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 8.7% have French Canadian 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 New Ipswich are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 70.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% 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, 36.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 34.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.1%), and 9.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in New Ipswich, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (22.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.6%), and residents who report French roots (11.9%), and some of the residents are also of Finnish ancestry (10.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (10.2%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (69.8%) 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 (16.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.