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Kensington - South Hampton, NH

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Overview


Kensington - South Hampton is a very small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 2,993 people and just one neighborhood, Kensington - South Hampton is the 133rd largest community in New Hampshire.

Kensington - South Hampton home prices are not only among the most expensive in New Hampshire, but Kensington - South Hampton real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Kensington - South Hampton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Kensington - South Hampton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kensington - South Hampton is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kensington - South Hampton who work in management occupations (18.70%), sales jobs (11.28%), and teaching (8.57%).

Of important note, Kensington - South Hampton is also a town of artists. Kensington - South Hampton has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Kensington - South Hampton’s character.

A relatively large number of people in Kensington - South Hampton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.52% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Kensington - South Hampton is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Kensington - South Hampton really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Kensington - South Hampton perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Demographics

The citizens of Kensington - South Hampton are among the most well-educated in the nation: 49.24% of adults in Kensington - South Hampton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Kensington - South Hampton in 2022 was $61,834, which is wealthy relative to New Hampshire and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $247,336 for a family of four.

The people who call Kensington - South Hampton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kensington - South Hampton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Kensington - South Hampton include Irish, English, Italian, German, and French.

The most common language spoken in Kensington - South Hampton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 5.7% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of New Hampshire. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for urban sophisticates.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.7% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 26.0% have Irish ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Kensington - South Hampton are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 93.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.9% 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 79.0% 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, 52.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 19.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.1%), and 8.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households. Some people also speak Chinese (2.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Kensington - South Hampton, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (26.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (24.0%), and residents who report Italian roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (9.1%), along with some French ancestry residents (8.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (75.2%) 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 (9.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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