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 where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Francestown - Bennington is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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%).
A relatively large number of people in Francestown - Bennington telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.36% 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!) 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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.64 minutes every day commuting to work.
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.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Francestown - Bennington, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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.
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 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.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
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 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 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.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. 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.