Rumney - Ellsworth is a very small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 1,591 people and just one neighborhood, Rumney - Ellsworth is the 164th largest community in New Hampshire.
Unlike some towns, Rumney - Ellsworth isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rumney - Ellsworth are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rumney - Ellsworth is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rumney - Ellsworth who work in management occupations (9.84%), teaching (9.46%), and office and administrative support (8.20%).
Of important note, Rumney - Ellsworth is also a town of artists. Rumney - Ellsworth has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Rumney - Ellsworth’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.05% 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.
Another notable thing is that Rumney - Ellsworth is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
Because of many things, Rumney - Ellsworth is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Rumney - Ellsworth 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, Rumney - Ellsworth has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Rumney - Ellsworth’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
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!) Rumney - Ellsworth 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. Rumney - Ellsworth has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Rumney - Ellsworth than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Rumney - Ellsworth may be for you.
Being a small town, Rumney - Ellsworth does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Rumney - Ellsworth is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 39.29% of adults in Rumney - Ellsworth have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Rumney - Ellsworth in 2022 was $42,211, 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 $168,844 for a family of four. However, Rumney - Ellsworth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Rumney - Ellsworth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rumney - Ellsworth residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Rumney - Ellsworth include English, Italian, Irish, French, and German.
The most common language spoken in Rumney - Ellsworth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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.
Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 35.6% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 96.8% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 25 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.7% of America.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.9%) living in the neighborhood.
In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 8.9% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in New Hampshire, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in New Hampshire.
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, 5.1% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 8.2% have French ancestry.
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 Rumney - Ellsworth are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.7% 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 65.1% 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, 40.2% 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 26.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.2%), and 10.8% 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 94.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Rumney - Ellsworth, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.8%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (16.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.6%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (8.2%), along with some German ancestry residents (6.4%), 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 (40.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
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 (10.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.