Whitefield - Dalton is a very small town located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 3,458 people and just one neighborhood, Whitefield - Dalton is the 119th largest community in New Hampshire.
Unlike some towns, Whitefield - Dalton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Whitefield - Dalton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Whitefield - Dalton is a town of professionals, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Whitefield - Dalton who work in management occupations (11.68%), teaching (10.85%), and office and administrative support (7.39%).
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, Whitefield - Dalton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Whitefield - Dalton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
The citizens of Whitefield - Dalton are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.42% of adults in Whitefield - Dalton having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Whitefield - Dalton in 2022 was $35,062, 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 $140,248 for a family of four. However, Whitefield - Dalton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Whitefield - Dalton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitefield - Dalton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Whitefield - Dalton include English, Irish, French, French Canadian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Whitefield - Dalton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 30.7%, which is higher than 95.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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, 7.9% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 14.1% 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 Whitefield - Dalton are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 74.0% of U.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, 39.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.6%), and 10.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.5%).
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 Whitefield - Dalton, NH, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (16.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.8%), and residents who report French roots (14.1%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (7.9%), along with some German ancestry residents (7.5%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.6%) 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 (14.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.