Henniker 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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of Henniker in Merrimack County,

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, United States. The population of the CDP was 3,166 at the 2020 census, out of 6,185 in the entire town. The CDP is the home to

New England College New England College (NEC) is a private liberal arts college in Henniker, New Hampshire. As of Fall 2020 New England College's enrollment was 4,327 students (1,776 undergraduate and 2,551 graduate). The college is regionally accredited by the Ne ...

Geography

The CDP is in the center of the town of Henniker, primarily on the north side of the

Contoocook River The Contoocook River () is a river in New Hampshire. It flows from Contoocook Lake on the Jaffrey/ Rindge border to Penacook (just north of Concord), where it empties into the Merrimack River. It is one of only a few rivers in New Hampshire that ...

but with a small portion on the south side, comprising the campus of New England College. The CDP is bordered to the north by

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and by Amey Brook and to the south by the Contoocook River and an abandoned railroad grade. To the west the CDP extends past The Oaks road.

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passes through the center of the village, leading northwest to

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and southeast to Goffstown. Routes 202/9 lead east to

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, the state capital, and southwest to Hillsborough. According to the

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, the Henniker CDP has a total area of , all of it recorded as land. The Contoocook River, flowing through the southern part of the CDP, is part of the

Merrimack River The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an occasional earlier spelling) is a river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into Mas ...

watershed.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,747 people, 556 households, and 269 families residing in the CDP. There were 586 housing units, of which 30, or 5.1%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.0%

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, 2.9%

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, 0.3% Native American, 1.7%

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n, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.8% some other race, and 1.3% from two or more races. 2.6% of the population were

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of any race. Of the 556 households in the CDP, 23.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.8% were headed by

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living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.6% were non-families. 34.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16, and the average family size was 2.78. 547 people (31.6% of the population) lived in group quarters such as dormitories, rather than households. 12.1% of residents in the CDP were under the age of 18, 44.5% were from age 18 to 24, 14.4% were from 25 to 44, 20.4% were from 45 to 64, and 8.5% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.3 males. For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $62,889, and the median income for a family was $70,952. The

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for the CDP was $18,665.

References

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