Allenstown is a very small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 4,761 people and just one neighborhood, Allenstown is the 87th largest community in New Hampshire.
Allenstown is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Allenstown is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Allenstown who work in sales jobs (19.45%), office and administrative support (16.48%), and management occupations (7.94%).
Also of interest is that Allenstown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Allenstown telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.70% 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.
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!) Allenstown 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. Allenstown has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Allenstown than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Allenstown may be for you.
Allenstown is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Allenstown who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.19% of the adults in Allenstown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Allenstown in 2022 was $31,791, which is low income relative to New Hampshire, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,164 for a family of four. However, Allenstown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Allenstown is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Allenstown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Allenstown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Allenstown include English, French Canadian, German, French, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Allenstown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
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.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 34.0% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.8% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 4.6% have Welsh ancestry.
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 Allenstown are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 53.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.4% of U.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, 29.9% 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 28.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.1%), and 20.1% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
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 Allenstown, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.2%). There are also a number of people of French Canadian ancestry (11.8%), and residents who report German roots (11.4%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (10.9%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (9.3%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.2%) 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 (5.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.