Nashua is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 91,161 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Nashua is the second largest community in New Hampshire.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Nashua is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Nashua is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nashua who work in management occupations (10.64%), office and administrative support (10.22%), and sales jobs (10.05%). Also of interest is that Nashua 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: 12.24% 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. The education level of Nashua ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Nashua, 40.37% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Nashua in 2022 was $48,083, which is middle income relative to New Hampshire, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $192,332 for a family of four. However, Nashua contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Nashua is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Nashua home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nashua residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Nashua also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.14% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Nashua include Irish, English, French, Italian, and German. Foreign born people are also an important part of Nashua's cultural character, accounting for 15.78% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Nashua is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
