Cheshire County, New Hampshire (NH)

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• • 71,82692.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,7923.6%Two or more races
  • 1,7712.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 5370.7%Asian alone
  • 2520.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 890.1%Some other race alone
  • 620.08%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $270,562

Here:	$270,562
State:	$409,635

Townhouses or other attached units: $209,356

Here:	$209,356
State:	$342,175

In 2-unit structures: $194,916

Here:	$194,916
State:	$286,969

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $292,946

Here:	$292,946
State:	$280,341

Mobile homes: $50,191

Here:	$50,191
State:	$95,399

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 1
• Burglaries: 1
• Thefts: 8
• Auto thefts: 1

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 1
• Burglaries: 2
• Thefts: 6
• Auto thefts: 0

Health of residents in Cheshire County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $5,771 (2.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $5,661 (2.3%)

Area name: Cheshire County, NH
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cheshire County is $622 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $780 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $941 a month.

Cities in this county include: Keene, Swanzey, Rindge, Walpole, Chesterfield, Jaffrey, Fitzwilliam, Troy, Alstead, Winchester.

Neighboring counties: Essex County, Massachusetts , Charles Mix County, South Dakota , Erie County, New York , Lyon County, Iowa , Wyoming County, New York , Yankton County, South Dakota .

Current college students: 6,717
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 28.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,915 (66.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 8532010 or later
• 2182000 to 2009
• 2781990 to 1999
• 2321980 to 1989
• 2311970 to 1979
• 751Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 76.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 25,329
• One, attached: 677
• Two: 2,289
• 3 or 4: 1,192
• 5 to 9: 1,475
• 10 to 19: 1,106
• 20 to 49: 1,025
• 50 or more: 693
• Mobile homes: 1,960

Housing units in Cheshire County with a mortgage: 11,942 (565 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 493 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 642

Religion statistics for Cheshire County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Cheshire County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• New Hampshire Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4516-NH: April 3, 2020, FEMA Id: 4516, Natural disaster type: Other
• New Hampshire Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides, Incident Period: June 26, 2013 to July 03, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4139: August 02, 2013, FEMA Id: 4139, Natural disaster type: Storm, Landslide, Flood
• New Hampshire Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: February 08, 2013 to February 11, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4105: March 19, 2013, FEMA Id: 4105, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• New Hampshire Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to October 31, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3360: October 30, 2012, FEMA Id: 3360, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New Hampshire Severe Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: May 29, 2012 to May 31, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4065: June 15, 2012, FEMA Id: 4065, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New Hampshire Severe Storm, Incident Period: October 29, 2011 to October 30, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3344: November 01, 2011, FEMA Id: 3344, Natural disaster type: Storm
• New Hampshire Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 11, 2008 to December 23, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1812: January 02, 2009, FEMA Id: 1812, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• New Hampshire Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 11, 2008 to December 23, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3297: December 13, 2008, FEMA Id: 3297, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• New Hampshire Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: April 15, 2007 to April 23, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1695: April 27, 2007, FEMA Id: 1695, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New Hampshire Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: October 07, 2005 to October 18, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1610: October 26, 2005, FEMA Id: 1610, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 17 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.84% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($75,075 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.77% relocated from other counties in New Hampshire ($14,038 average AGI)
5.07% relocated from other states ($61,038 average AGI)

Cheshire County:	5.07%
New Hampshire average:	4.81%

from Hillsborough County, NH	0.96% ($54,192 average AGI)
from Worcester County, MA	0.57% ($70,554)
from Windham County, VT	0.44% ($48,264)
from Middlesex County, MA	0.36% ($150,060)
from Sullivan County, NH	0.28% ($52,100)
from Rockingham County, NH	0.15% ($60,729)
from Merrimack County, NH	0.14% ($55,587)

5.73% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($62,979 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
1.56% relocated to other counties in New Hampshire ($17,375 average AGI)
4.17% relocated to other states ($45,604 average AGI)

Cheshire County:	4.17%
New Hampshire average:	3.93%

to Hillsborough County, NH	0.76% ($58,016 average AGI)
to Windham County, VT	0.41% ($39,902)
to Worcester County, MA	0.28% ($58,292)
to Sullivan County, NH	0.25% ($73,568)
to Merrimack County, NH	0.19% ($65,952)
to Middlesex County, MA	0.14% ($66,932)
to Franklin County, MA	0.13% ($54,233)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 8.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 9.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Cheshire County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 5%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 12,658 (3,937 living alone), Female householders: 15,608 (4,807 living alone)

• 13,826 spouses (13,710 opposite-sex spouses), 2,617 unmarried partners, (2,514 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 20,787 children (19,294 natural, 1,010 adopted, 483 stepchildren), 1,211 grandchildren, 889 brothers or sisters, 677 parents, 175 foster children, 1,356 other relatives, 3,593 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,932

Size of family households: 8,670 2-persons, 3,904 3-persons, 2,608 4-persons, 1,182 5-persons, 532 6-persons, 185 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,744 1-person, 2,199 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 132 5-persons.

9,172 married couples with children.
3,187 single-parent households (1,074 men, 2,113 women).

97.4% of residents of Cheshire speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $376,773,000 ($4,901 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $14,612,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $186,215,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $71,375,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $649,000
Federal grants: $91,143,000
Federal procurement contracts: $14,955,000 ($3,697,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $12,436,000 ($600,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $8,281,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $25,571,000
Federal Government insurance: $44,514,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.08 millions of gallons per day (57% from ground, 43% from surface)

• Year house built in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
• 1532020 or later
• 1,6812010 to 2019
• 3,2322000 to 2009
• 2,6031990 to 1999
• 5,2831980 to 1989
• 5,1821970 to 1979
• 2,6721960 to 1969
• 3,3611950 to 1959
• 1,6631940 to 1949
• 9,9161939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
• 671 room
• 5222 rooms
• 3843 rooms
• 2,2224 rooms
• 3,7925 rooms
• 4,8866 rooms
• 3,1287 rooms
• 2,7808 rooms
• 3,2959+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
• 1621 room
• 2412 rooms
• 2,6953 rooms
• 1,5874 rooms
• 1,3665 rooms
• 3396 rooms
• 2527 rooms
• 1738 rooms
• 3759+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
• 67no bedroom
• 1,1201 bedroom
• 4,7212 bedrooms
• 8,9363 bedrooms
• 4,9564 bedrooms
• 1,2765+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
• 162no bedroom
• 3,0051 bedroom
• 2,6572 bedrooms
• 1,1013 bedrooms
• 2304 bedrooms
• 355+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Cheshire County, New Hampshire in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cheshire County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 419no vehicle
• 4,7391 vehicle
• 9,6822 vehicles
• 4,6923 vehicles
• 1,1674 vehicles
• 3775+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cheshire County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,369no vehicle
• 4,2311 vehicle
• 1,2982 vehicles
• 1433 vehicles
• 1494 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

85.0% of Cheshire County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in New Hampshire.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 32,496
• Other state: 42,520
• Northeast: 34,154
• Midwest: 2,639
• South: 4,039
• West: 1,688

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 879
• Number of aged recipients: 34
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 845
• Number of recipients under 18: 145
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 631
• Number of recipients older than 64: 103
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 353
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 402

Cheshire County on our top lists:

• #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #26 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #47 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest average weight of females"
• #65 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the best general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #84 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #85 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #87 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #88 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest carbon monoxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #90 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
• #99 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"