Jaffrey, New Hampshire

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Population in July 2007: 2,943.

Males: 1,444	(49.1%)
Females: 1,499	(50.9%)

Median resident age:	35.0 years
New Hampshire median age:	37.1 years

Zip codes: 03452.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $46,400 (it was $35,880 in 2000)

Jaffrey	$46,400
New Hampshire:	$62,369

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $176,100 (it was $93,200 in 2000)

Jaffrey	$176,100
New Hampshire:	$261,800

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Races in Jaffrey:

White Non-Hispanic (96.9%)
Two or more races (1.4%)
American Indian (1.0%)
Hispanic (0.6%)
Other Asian (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Jaffrey: 87.3 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: French (20.3%), Irish (17.3%), English (16.5%), French Canadian (15.7%), German (6.0%), Italian (5.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1773

Elevation: 1013 feet

Land area: 2.51 square miles.

Population density: 1170 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Jaffrey

High school or higher: 81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
Unemployed: 3.8%
Mean travel time to work: 21.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Jaffrey CDP

Never married: 28.2%
Now married: 46.8%
Separated: 4.0%
Widowed: 10.6%
Divorced: 10.4%

35 residents are foreign born

This place:	1.2%
New Hampshire:	4.4%

According to our research there were 9 registered sex offenders living in Jaffrey, New Hampshire in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Jaffrey to the number of sex offenders is 327 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Jaffrey:	2.6% ($2,459)
New Hampshire:	2.2% ($2,946)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Nashua, NH (37.3 miles , pop. 86,605).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (72.3 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (186.2 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Rindge, NH (4.2 miles ), Sharon, NH (5.4 miles ), Peterborough, NH (6.5 miles ), Dublin, NH (6.9 miles ), Peterborough, NH (7.3 miles ), Winchendon, MA (8.9 miles ), Fitzwilliam, NH (9.6 miles ), Winchendon, MA (10.0 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 7 buildings, average cost: $93,000
1997: 4 buildings, average cost: $91,700
1998: 12 buildings, average cost: $77,600
1999: 20 buildings, average cost: $104,700
2000: 19 buildings, average cost: $150,700
2001: 18 buildings, average cost: $142,800
2002: 37 buildings, average cost: $136,500
2003: 45 buildings, average cost: $130,700
2004: 7 buildings, average cost: $136,500
2005: 12 buildings, average cost: $133,100
2006: 19 buildings, average cost: $172,700
2007: 14 buildings, average cost: $172,700

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Latitude: 42.81 N, Longitude: 72.02 W

13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
3 people in religious group quarters

Area code: 603

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Historical population

Historical housing units

Most common industries for males:

Construction (12%)
Metal and metal products (8%)
Machinery (8%)
Printing and related support activities (8%)
Chemicals (4%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)
Health care (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (9%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Machinery (8%)
Health care (7%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
Metal and metal products (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Printing workers (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Media and communication equipment workers (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Business operations specialists (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 10 (9 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	3.06
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Jaffrey, New Hampshire

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Jaffrey, New Hampshire average temperatures

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Jaffrey-area historical tornado activity is above New Hampshire state average. It is 11% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/9/1953, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 25.7 miles away from the Jaffrey place center killed 90 people and injured 1228 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 6/22/1981, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 19.8 miles away from the place center injured 3 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Jaffrey:

MONADNOCK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; PETERBOROUGH, NH)
HEYWOOD HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; GARDNER, MA)
ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; ATHOL, MA)

Political contributions by individuals in Jaffrey, NH

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Jaffrey:

WORCESTER REGIONAL (about 39 miles; WORCESTER, MA; ID: ORH)
MANCHESTER (about 42 miles; MANCHESTER, NH; ID: MHT)
WESTOVER ARB/METROPOLITAN (about 56 miles; SPRINGFIELD/CHICOPEE, MA; ID: CEF)

Other public-use airports nearest to Jaffrey:

JAFFREY AIRPORT-SILVER RANCH (about 2 miles; JAFFREY, NH; ID: AFN)
DILLANT-HOPKINS (about 18 miles; KEENE, NH; ID: EEN)
GARDNER MUNI (about 20 miles; GARDNER, MA; ID: GDM)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Jaffrey:

MOUNT WACHUSETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 17 miles; GARDNER, MA; Full-time enrollment: 2,023)
KEENE STATE COLLEGE (about 19 miles; KEENE, NH; FT enrollment: 4,049)
FITCHBURG STATE COLLEGE (about 22 miles; FITCHBURG, MA; FT enrollment: 3,660)
QUINSIGAMOND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 38 miles; WORCESTER, MA; FT enrollment: 3,359)
WORCESTER STATE COLLEGE (about 39 miles; WORCESTER, MA; FT enrollment: 3,846)
WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (about 40 miles; WORCESTER, MA; FT enrollment: 3,426)
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE (about 40 miles; WORCESTER, MA; FT enrollment: 2,356)

Public high schools in Jaffrey:

Conant High School (Students: 489; Location: 3 Conant Way; Grades: 9-12)
Victory High School (Location: 7 Knight Street; Grades: 9-12)

Private high school in Jaffrey:

VICTORY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 40; Location: 28 PETERBOROUGH STREET; Grades: 7 - 12)

Public elementary/middle schools in Jaffrey:

Jaffrey-Rindge Middle School (Students: 438; Location: 1 Conant Way; Grades: 6-8)
Jaffrey Grade School (Students: 394; Location: 18 School St.; Grades: K 1-5)
St. Patrick School (Location: 70 Main St.; Grades: K 1-8)

Private elementary/middle school in Jaffrey:

ST PATRICK SCHOOL (Students: 186; Location: 70 MAIN STREET; Grades: KG - 8)

Library in Jaffrey:

JAFFREY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $206,662; Location: 38 MAIN STREET; 26,505 books; 569 audio materials; 458 video materials; 61 serial subscriptions)

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Notable location: Jaffrey Mills (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Reservoirs: Cheshire Pond (A), Contoocook Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Mountain Brook (A), Tyler Brook (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Jaffrey Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Court: Jaffrey-Peterborough District Court (84 Peterborough Street).

Drinking water stations with addresses in Jaffrey and their reported violations in the past:

JAFFREY WATER WORKS (Address: 23 KNIGHT ST, Population served: 3612, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In FEB-2006, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-21-2006), St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-21-2006), St Public Notif received (MAR-20-2006)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-05-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-05-2005), St Public Notif received (JAN-21-2005), St Compliance achieved (MAY-02-2005)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between APR-2003 and JUN-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-08-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-08-2003), St Public Notif received (AUG-08-2003), St Compliance achieved (JAN-05-2004)

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JUL-01-2004 and JUL-01-2005, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-04-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-04-2005), St Public Notif received (JAN-21-2005), St Compliance achieved (OCT-31-2005)

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JUL-01-2004 and JUL-01-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-04-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-04-2005), St Public Notif received (JAN-21-2005), St Compliance achieved (OCT-31-2005)

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS (Population served: 400, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between APR-2006 and JUN-2006, Contaminant: Coliform

Past monitoring violations:

3 routine major monitoring violations

2 regular monitoring violations

FROST TRAILER PARK (Population served: 73, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In DEC-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (DEC-27-1999), St Public Notif requested (JAN-03-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-03-2000), St Compliance achieved (OCT-06-2000)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (DEC-01-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (DEC-01-1999), St Formal NOV issued (DEC-06-1999), St Public Notif received (DEC-07-1999), St Compliance achieved (OCT-06-2000)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-18-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-18-1999), St Public Notif received (NOV-01-1999), St Formal NOV issued (DEC-06-1999), St Compliance achieved (OCT-06-2000)

Past monitoring violations:

42 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:

This place:	2.4 people
New Hampshire:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	63.1%
Whole state:	68.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	8.0%
Whole state:	6.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	10.8%
Whole state:	6.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	3.3%
Whole state:	2.8%

Jaffrey compared to New Hampshire state average:

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Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
House age significantly above state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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Banks with branches in Jaffrey (2007 data):

TD BankNorth, National Association: Jaffrey Office at 28 Main Street, branch established on 1865-08-06. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $39,581.7 mil, Deposits: $27,193.6 mil, headquarters in Portland, ME, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 618 total offices, Holding Company: Toronto-Dominion Bank, The
Ocean National Bank: Jaffrey Branch at 152 Peterborough Street, branch established on 1983-04-18. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $1,573.4 mil, Deposits: $1,184.3 mil, headquarters in Portsmouth, NH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 40 total offices, Holding Company: Chittenden Corporation

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2004 Presidential Election results in Cheshire County New Hampshire:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

6.85% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($45,295 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.85%
New Hampshire average:	7.57%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($111 average AGI)
Cheshire County: 0.05%
New Hampshire average: 0.13%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Hillsborough County, NH	1.17% ($39,003 average AGI)
from Windham County, VT	0.55% ($34,137)
from Worcester County, MA	0.44% ($47,246)

6.87% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,715 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.87%
New Hampshire average:	7.49%

0.09% of residents moved to foreign countries ($326 average AGI)
Cheshire County: 0.09%
New Hampshire average: 0.08%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Hillsborough County, NH	0.96% ($43,038 average AGI)
to Windham County, VT	0.47% ($28,873)
to Sullivan County, NH	0.34% ($33,238)

Strongest AM radio stations in Jaffrey:

WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WVNE (760 AM; daytime; 25 kW; LEICESTER, MA; Owner: BLOUNT MASSCOM, INC.)
WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
WBIX (1060 AM; 40 kW; NATICK, MA; Owner: LANGER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WEIM (1280 AM; 5 kW; FITCHBURG, MA; Owner: LIVEAIR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WAMG (890 AM; 25 kW; DEDHAM, MA; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF DEDHAM LICENSEE, LLC)
WWZN (1510 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
WKBK (1290 AM; 5 kW; KEENE, NH; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
WTAG (580 AM; 5 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

Strongest FM radio stations in Jaffrey:

WFEX (92.1 FM; PETERBOROUGH, NH; Owner: FNX BROADCASTING OF NEW HAMPSHIRE LLC)
WINQ (97.7 FM; WINCHENDON, MA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
WHDQ (106.1 FM; CLAREMONT, NH; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN RADIO, L.L.C.)
WTPL (107.7 FM; HILLSBORO, NH; Owner: CONCORD BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
WKNE (103.7 FM; KEENE, NH; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
WVPR (89.5 FM; WINDSOR, VT; Owner: VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO)
WEVN (90.7 FM; KEENE, NH; Owner: NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
WGIR-FM (101.1 FM; MANCHESTER, NH; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WQLL (96.5 FM; BEDFORD, NH; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
WXLO (104.5 FM; FITCHBURG, MA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WLMW (90.7 FM; MANCHESTER, NH; Owner: KNOWLEDGE FOR LIFE)
WAAF (107.3 FM; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
WZID (95.7 FM; MANCHESTER, NH; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
W293AB (106.5 FM; KEENE, NH; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN RADIO, L.L.C.)
WAHL (99.9 FM; ATHOL, MA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WNNH (99.1 FM; HENNIKER, NH; Owner: TELE-MEDIA COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, L.L.C.)
WOQL (98.7 FM; WINCHESTER, NH; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, LLC)
WSRS (96.1 FM; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WYRY (104.9 FM; HINSDALE, NH; Owner: TRI-VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WVRR (101.7 FM; NEWPORT, NH; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

TV broadcast stations around Jaffrey:

WUNI (Channel 27; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
WUTF (Channel 66; MARLBOROUGH, MA; Owner: TELEFUTURA BOSTON LLC)
WYDN (Channel 48; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC TV CORPORATION)
WEKW-TV (Channel 52; KEENE, NH; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE)

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