Rumney - Ellsworth is a very small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 1,604 people and just one neighborhood, Rumney - Ellsworth is the 164th largest community in New Hampshire.
Rumney - Ellsworth is a blue-collar town, with 35.65% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Rumney - Ellsworth is a town of professionals, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Rumney - Ellsworth who work in management occupations (11.14%), office and administrative support (10.45%), and food service (10.45%).
Another notable thing is that Rumney - Ellsworth is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.
Overall, Rumney - Ellsworth’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
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!) Rumney - Ellsworth 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. Rumney - Ellsworth has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Rumney - Ellsworth than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Rumney - Ellsworth may be for you.
One downside of living in Rumney - Ellsworth, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.41 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Rumney - Ellsworth does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Rumney - Ellsworth are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.68% of adults in Rumney - Ellsworth have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Rumney - Ellsworth in 2022 was $37,008, 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 $148,032 for a family of four. However, Rumney - Ellsworth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rumney - Ellsworth is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rumney - Ellsworth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rumney - Ellsworth residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Rumney - Ellsworth include English, Irish, Italian, French, and German.
The most common language spoken in Rumney - Ellsworth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 39.1% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 97.4% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 25 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.7% of America. 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.
There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (0.9%) living in the neighborhood.
In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 9.5% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in New Hampshire, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in New Hampshire.
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, 6.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 12.5% have French ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Rumney - Ellsworth are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 7.3% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 57.8% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 34.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 33.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.7%), and 15.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 92.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Rumney - Ellsworth, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (16.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.0%), and residents who report Italian roots (15.3%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (12.5%), along with some German ancestry residents (6.8%), 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 (31.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (10.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.