Swanzey is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 7,463 people and two associated neighborhoods, Swanzey is the 44th largest community in New Hampshire.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Swanzey is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Swanzey is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Swanzey who work in sales jobs (14.00%), management occupations (12.11%), and office and administrative support (11.00%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.33% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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, Swanzey has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Swanzey a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Swanzey is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Swanzey is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.18% of adults in Swanzey have a college degree. The per capita income in Swanzey in 2022 was $41,659, 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 $166,636 for a family of four. However, Swanzey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Swanzey home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Swanzey residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Swanzey include English, French, Irish, German, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Swanzey is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
