Plymouth is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 6,417 people and two associated neighborhoods, Plymouth is the 49th largest community in New Hampshire.Plymouth is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.91% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Plymouth is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Plymouth who work in food service (16.08%), sales jobs (15.13%), and management occupations (11.55%). Also of interest is that Plymouth 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: 9.56% 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. Plymouth is a place where college students are a big part of the character and culture of the town. Small towns have often struggled with declining populations over the past few decades, but the presence of such a large college student population has helped Plymouth to fight this trend. Not only does the college population add spending and jobs to local economy, but it also contributes a very tangible, youthful energy to the town. One of the benefits of Plymouth is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.06 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. As is often the case in a small town, Plymouth doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Plymouth ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Plymouth, 45.71% 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 Plymouth in 2022 was $32,105, which is low income relative to New Hampshire, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,420 for a family of four. However, Plymouth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Plymouth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Plymouth residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Plymouth include English, Irish, Scottish, German, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Plymouth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
