Cheshire County, New Hampshire (NH)

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• • 70,82391.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,8293.7%Two or more races
  • 1,8822.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 8921.2%Asian alone
  • 5830.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2940.4%Some other race alone
  • 470.06%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $308,243

Here:	$308,243
State:	$491,479

Townhouses or other attached units: $255,194

Here:	$255,194
State:	$361,001

In 2-unit structures: $255,554

Here:	$255,554
State:	$368,847

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $346,438

Here:	$346,438
State:	$575,942

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $233,006

Here:	$233,006
State:	$274,068

Mobile homes: $69,259

Here:	$69,259
State:	$124,817

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:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $5,490 (2.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $5,244 (2.0%)

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.

2023 air pollution in Cheshire County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.027 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 7.6 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

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: 94.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 40.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,063 (61.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 7432010 or later
• 2992000 to 2009
• 3361990 to 1999
• 2321980 to 1989
• 2311970 to 1979
• 751Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 83.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 24,947
• One, attached: 1,222
• Two: 2,024
• 3 or 4: 1,467
• 5 to 9: 1,856
• 10 to 19: 517
• 20 to 49: 703
• 50 or more: 781
• Mobile homes: 2,394

Housing units in Cheshire County with a mortgage: 14,181 (1,654 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 1,641 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 698

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)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.9

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 2020: 9.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.0

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: 14,982 (4,096 living alone), Female householders: 16,978 (4,651 living alone)

• 16,212 spouses (16,005 opposite-sex spouses), 3,990 unmarried partners, (3,936 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 16,842 children (15,896 natural, 98 adopted, 848 stepchildren), 769 grandchildren, 371 brothers or sisters, 445 parents, 0 foster children, 822 other relatives, 2,707 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,232

Size of family households: 9,964 2-persons, 5,038 3-persons, 3,523 4-persons, 554 5-persons, 675 6-persons, 155 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,747 1-person, 2,811 2-persons, 96 3-persons, 249 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 138 6-persons.

9,097 married couples with children.
3,050 single-parent households (1,232 men, 1,818 women).

97.3% of residents of Cheshire speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (53% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 2% 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
• 1352020 or later
• 2,6702010 to 2019
• 2,9082000 to 2009
• 2,5201990 to 1999
• 5,1251980 to 1989
• 4,5061970 to 1979
• 3,1741960 to 1969
• 2,2151950 to 1959
• 1,6721940 to 1949
• 10,9861939 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
• 01 room
• 102 rooms
• 4943 rooms
• 2,8674 rooms
• 4,6635 rooms
• 5,6876 rooms
• 3,7777 rooms
• 3,0358 rooms
• 2,4499+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
• 2871 room
• 4612 rooms
• 1,8723 rooms
• 2,2734 rooms
• 2,0175 rooms
• 1,3846 rooms
• 4007 rooms
• 2588 rooms
• 269+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
• 0no bedroom
• 8531 bedroom
• 4,8312 bedrooms
• 12,7983 bedrooms
• 3,3124 bedrooms
• 1,1885+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cheshire County, New Hampshire
• 497no bedroom
• 3,1121 bedroom
• 2,8702 bedrooms
• 1,9373 bedrooms
• 5484 bedrooms
• 145+ 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
• 212no vehicle
• 5,8791 vehicle
• 10,1962 vehicles
• 5,3153 vehicles
• 8574 vehicles
• 5235+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cheshire County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,158no vehicle
• 4,7081 vehicle
• 2,5952 vehicles
• 2983 vehicles
• 1674 vehicles
• 525+ vehicles

90.7% of Cheshire County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 26% lived in New Hampshire.

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

• This state: 32,956
• Other state: 40,724
• Northeast: 31,766
• Midwest: 2,425
• South: 4,139
• West: 2,394

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"