Laconia is a medium-sized city located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 17,086 people and four associated neighborhoods, Laconia is the 15th largest community in New Hampshire.Unlike some cities, Laconia isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Laconia are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Laconia is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Laconia who work in sales jobs (13.99%), management occupations (11.48%), and office and administrative support (10.46%). Also of interest is that Laconia has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One of the benefits of Laconia is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.16 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.In terms of college education, Laconia is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.11% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Laconia in 2022 was $39,171, which is lower middle income relative to New Hampshire, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,684 for a family of four. However, Laconia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Laconia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Laconia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Laconia include Irish, French, English, French Canadian, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Laconia is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
