Madison - Eaton is a very small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 3,131 people and just one neighborhood, Madison - Eaton is the 134th largest community in New Hampshire.
Madison - Eaton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Madison - Eaton is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Madison - Eaton who work in management occupations (14.07%), office and administrative support (13.29%), and sales jobs (9.74%).
Also of interest is that Madison - Eaton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.92% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Another notable thing is that Madison - Eaton is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Madison - Eaton’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
Because of many things, Madison - Eaton 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, Madison - Eaton really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Madison - Eaton 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.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Madison - Eaton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Madison - Eaton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small town, Madison - Eaton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Madison - Eaton citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.03% of adults in Madison - Eaton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Madison - Eaton in 2022 was $45,432, which is middle income relative to New Hampshire, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $181,728 for a family of four. However, Madison - Eaton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Madison - Eaton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Madison - Eaton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Madison - Eaton include Irish, English, Italian, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Madison - Eaton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
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 Madison - Eaton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 45.9%, which is higher than 98.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 27.6% have Irish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Madison - Eaton are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 71.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.1% 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 80.2% 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, 36.3% 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 24.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.7%), and 17.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.1%).
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 Madison - Eaton, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (27.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (24.7%), and residents who report Italian roots (12.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (11.3%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (9.9%), 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 (48.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.6%) 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.