Claremont is a somewhat small city located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 13,149 people and three associated neighborhoods, Claremont is the 24th largest community in New Hampshire. Claremont has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Claremont is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Claremont is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Claremont who work in sales jobs (13.22%), food service (9.83%), and office and administrative support (8.76%). Also of interest is that Claremont 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 Claremont telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.45% 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. It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Claremont 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. Claremont has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Claremont than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Claremont may be for you. As is often the case in a small city, Claremont doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Claremont are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.24% of adults in Claremont having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Claremont in 2022 was $35,331, which is low income relative to New Hampshire, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,324 for a family of four. However, Claremont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Claremont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Claremont residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Claremont include French, English, Irish, French Canadian, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Claremont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
