Another notable thing is that Ossipee is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
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!) Ossipee 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. Ossipee has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ossipee than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ossipee may be for you.
In Ossipee, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.54 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The population of Ossipee 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 Ossipee, 21.39% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Ossipee in 2022 was $46,822, which is middle income relative to New Hampshire, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $187,288 for a family of four. However, Ossipee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Ossipee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ossipee residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ossipee include Irish, English, German, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Ossipee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
