Francestown - Bennington is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 5,067 people and just one neighborhood, Francestown - Bennington is the 75th largest community in New Hampshire.
Unlike some towns, Francestown - Bennington isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Francestown - Bennington are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Francestown - Bennington is a town of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Francestown - Bennington who work in management occupations (12.36%), sales jobs (8.51%), and teaching (7.11%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 16.36% 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.
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!) Francestown - Bennington 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. Francestown - Bennington has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Francestown - Bennington than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Francestown - Bennington may be for you.
One downside of living in Francestown - Bennington is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Francestown - Bennington, the average commute to work is 35.64 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The education level of Francestown - Bennington citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.41% of adults in Francestown - Bennington have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Francestown - Bennington in 2022 was $45,926, which is middle income relative to New Hampshire, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $183,704 for a family of four. However, Francestown - Bennington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Francestown - Bennington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Francestown - Bennington residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Francestown - Bennington include English, Irish, French, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Francestown - Bennington 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 French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 14.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 5.1% have French Canadian 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 Francestown - Bennington are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.3% 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 55.1% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 36.9% 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 31.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.8%), and 9.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.6%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Francestown - Bennington, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (22.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.1%), and residents who report French roots (14.5%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (11.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (7.3%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (28.7% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (77.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.