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Acworth - Unity, NH

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Overview


Acworth - Unity is a very small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 3,094 people and just one neighborhood, Acworth - Unity is the 131st largest community in New Hampshire.

Occupations and Workforce

Acworth - Unity is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Acworth - Unity is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Acworth - Unity who work in sales jobs (11.35%), office and administrative support (9.24%), and food service (6.91%).

Also of interest is that Acworth - Unity 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: 7.95% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Another notable thing is that Acworth - Unity 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, Acworth - Unity’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

The overall crime rate in Acworth - Unity is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

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!) Acworth - Unity 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. Acworth - Unity has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Acworth - Unity than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Acworth - Unity may be for you.

One downside of living in Acworth - Unity, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.85 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small town, Acworth - Unity does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The population of Acworth - Unity overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Acworth - Unity, 21.71% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Acworth - Unity in 2022 was $37,503, which is low income relative to New Hampshire, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $150,012 for a family of four. However, Acworth - Unity contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Acworth - Unity home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Acworth - Unity residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Acworth - Unity include English, French, Irish, German, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Acworth - Unity is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.

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.

Real Estate

Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 34.7% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 96.3% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 33 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.4%) living in the neighborhood.

Diversity

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, 15.6% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 7.1% have French Canadian ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Acworth - Unity are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 56.3% 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, 30.9% 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 29.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.1%), and 13.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.6% of households.

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 Acworth - Unity, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (20.9%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (15.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.2%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (7.7%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (7.1%), 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 (33.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.8%) 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 (10.2%) . 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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