Epping 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 main village in the

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Epping Epping may refer to: Places Australia * Epping, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney ** Epping railway station, Sydney * Electoral district of Epping, the corresponding seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * Epping Forest, Kearns, a he ...

, Rockingham County,

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

, United States. The population of the CDP was 2,693 at the 2020 census, out of 7,125 in the entire town.

Geography

The CDP is in the south-central part of the town of Epping, comprising most of the main village of Epping, part of the village of West Epping, and less densely developed land in between. The CDP is bordered to the south by the

New Hampshire Route 101 New Hampshire Route 101 (NH 101) is a state-maintained highway in southern New Hampshire extending from Keene to Hampton Beach. It is the major east–west highway in the southern portion of the state. The western terminus of NH 101 is in Keene ...

expressway and to the west by the

Lamprey River The Lamprey River is a river in southeastern New Hampshire, the United States. It rises in Meadow Lake in Northwood, and flows south, then generally east through Raymond, Epping, Lee, Durham and finally Newmarket. Here, it meets Great Bay, ...

from NH 101 to NH 27 (Pleasant Street). The northern border of the CDP follows NH 27 and the Lamprey River, until the village of Epping in the eastern part of the CDP, where it follows Prescott Road and Old Hedding Road to Delaney Road, east of NH 125. The eastern border stays east of NH 125 from Old Hedding Road to NH 101. NH Route 101, with one exit in Epping, leads east to

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Hampton Hampton may refer to: Places Australia *Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia *Hampton, New South Wales *Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region * Hampton, Victoria Canada * Hampton, New Brunswick *Ha ...

and west to

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. Route 125, which intersects Route 101 at Exit 7 in Epping, leads north to

Rochester Rochester may refer to: Places Australia * Rochester, Victoria Canada * Rochester, Alberta United Kingdom *Rochester, Kent ** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area ** History of Rochester, Kent ** HM Prison ...

and south to

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. Route 27, the pre-expressway routing of Route 101, leads east to Exeter and west to

Raymond Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...

. According to the

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, the Epping CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.82%, are water. The

passes through Epping village, flowing east toward Great Bay.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,681 people, 766 households, and 447 families residing in the CDP. There were 847 housing units, of which 81, or 9.6%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.7%

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, 0.3%

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, 0.1% Native American, 1.0%

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n, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 1.1% some other race, and 1.8% from two or more races. 1.2% of the population were

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of any race. Of the 766 households in the CDP, 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% were headed by

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living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.6% were non-families. 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.2% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19, and the average family size was 2.79. 18.2% of residents in the CDP were under the age of 18, 9.8% were from age 18 to 24, 24.3% were from 25 to 44, 29.7% were from 45 to 64, and 18.1% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.1 males. For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $50,438, and the median income for a family was $57,083. Male full-time workers had a median income of $50,917 versus $48,447 for females. The

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for the CDP was $27,359. 9.5% of the population and 4.5% of families were below the poverty line.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in New Hampshire Census-designated places in Rockingham County, New Hampshire