Jaffrey is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 5,503 people and just one neighborhood, Jaffrey is the 70th largest community in New Hampshire.
Unlike some towns, Jaffrey isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Jaffrey are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jaffrey is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Jaffrey who work in sales jobs (18.27%), management occupations (16.96%), and office and administrative support (8.30%).
Also of interest is that Jaffrey has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Jaffrey is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Jaffrey 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, Jaffrey has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Jaffrey’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Jaffrey 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 citizens of Jaffrey are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.26% of adults in Jaffrey have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Jaffrey in 2022 was $45,287, 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 $181,148 for a family of four.
The people who call Jaffrey home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jaffrey residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jaffrey include English, French, Irish, German, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Jaffrey 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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 17.3% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 3.3% have Finnish 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 Jaffrey are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 63.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.5% 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 69.4% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 34.4% 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 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.0%), and 11.0% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households. Some people also speak Polish (3.1%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Jaffrey, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (19.6%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (17.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (9.9%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (5.9%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (84.6%) 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 (6.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.