Loudon is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 5,706 people and just one neighborhood, Loudon is the 67th largest community in New Hampshire.
Unlike some towns, Loudon isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Loudon are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Loudon is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Loudon who work in office and administrative support (11.54%), sales jobs (9.98%), and management occupations (8.56%).
A relatively large number of people in Loudon telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.77% 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.
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, Loudon has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Loudon a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Loudon, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.32 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Loudon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Loudon 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 Loudon, 24.62% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Loudon in 2022 was $38,059, which is lower middle income relative to New Hampshire, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,236 for a family of four. However, Loudon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Loudon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Loudon residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Loudon include English, Irish, French, French Canadian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Loudon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
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 Loudon, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.1% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 12.9% have French ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.3% 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 99.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Loudon are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 24.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.1% 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, 33.5% 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 26.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.6%), and 17.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 96.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian, Greek and Polish.
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 Loudon, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (25.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.9%), and residents who report French roots (12.9%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (9.1%), along with some German ancestry residents (8.1%), 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 (37.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.1%) 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.