Conway is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) and the primary village in the

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of Conway in Carroll County,

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, United States. The population was 3,576 at the 2020 census. It is the most populous community in the town of Conway, ahead of

North Conway North Conway is a census-designated place (CDP) and village in eastern Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,116 at the 2020 census. A year-round resort area, North Conway is the second-largest village within the town ...

Geography

According to the

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, the Conway CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 5.06%, are water. The village lies in the southwestern part of the town of Conway, situated at the juncture of the

Saco River The Saco River (Abenaki language, Abenaki: ''Sαkóhki'') is a river in northeastern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine in the United States. It drains a rural area of of forests and farmlands west and southwest of Portland, Maine, Portland ...

, the Swift River, and

Pequawket Brook Pequawket Brook is a stream near the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. It lies within the watershed of the Saco River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean in Maine. The brook is under the jurisdiction of the New Hampshire Comp ...

. The CDP is bordered to the west by the town of Albany, to the south by the town of Madison, and to the north by North Conway.

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, Route 113, and Route 153 converge at the village center. Route 112, the Kancamagus Highway, has its eastern terminus in the western part of the village.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 1,823 people, 853 households, and 441 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 628.6 people per square mile (247.9/km²). There were 1,062 housing units, of which 209, or 19.7%, were vacant. 147 of the vacant units were seasonal or vacation properties. The racial makeup of the town was 97.4% White, 0.1%

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, 0.7% Native American, 0.4%

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n, 0.2% some other race, and 1.2% from two or more races. 0.4% of the population were

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of any race. There were 853 households, out of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.3% were headed by

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living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.3% were non-families. 38.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14, and the average family size was 2.85. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 20.6% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 30.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males. For the period 2007-11, the estimated median annual income for a household was $34,250, and the median income for a family was $60,135. Male full-time workers had a median income of $42,303 versus $26,635 for females. The

per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population. Per capita i ...

for the CDP was $24,752. 18.6% of the population and 7.9% of families were below the poverty line.

References

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