Jaffrey is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...

(CDP) and the main village in the

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of Jaffrey in Cheshire County,

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, United States. The population of the CDP was 3,058 at the 2020 census, out of 5,320 in the entire town of Jaffrey.

Geography

The CDP is in the eastern part of the town of Jaffrey, on both sides of the north-flowing

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 th ...

U.S. Route 202 U.S. Route 202 (US 202) is a spur route of U.S. Route 2, US 2. It follows a northeasterly and southwesterly direction stretching from Delaware in the south to Maine in the north and traveling through the states of Pennsylvania, N ...

passes through the center of the village, leading northeast (downriver) to

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and south to

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crosses US 202 in the center of Jaffrey, leading east to New Ipswich and northwest to

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New Hampshire Route 137 New Hampshire Route 137 (abbreviated NH 137) is a secondary north–south state highway in southern New Hampshire. The road runs between Jaffrey and Hancock. The southern terminus of NH 137 is at U.S. Route 202 and New Hampshire Route 124 i ...

leads north from Jaffrey to Hancock. The Jaffrey CDP is bordered to the north by Harkness Road, Proctor Road,

Amos Fortune Amos Fortune (c. 1710 – November 1801) was an African-American citizen of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, in the 18th century. Fortune was born in Africa and brought to America as an enslaved person. He was given the name "Amos Fortune" by his mast ...

Road, and Nutting Road; to the east by Cheshire Pond, Hillcrest Road, Fitzgerald Drive, Plantation Drive, Squantum Road, Rue Deschenes, and the east end of

Contoocook Lake Contoocook Lake () is a water body located in Cheshire County in southwestern New Hampshire, United States, in the towns of Jaffrey and Rindge. The lake, along with Pool Pond, forms the headwaters of the Contoocook River, which flows north to ...

; to the south by the Rindge town line; and to the west by US 202, Mountain Brook Reservoir, Gilmore Pond Road, Highland Avenue, NH 124, and Matchpoint Road. According to the

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, the Jaffrey CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 3.39%, are water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 2,757 people, 1,224 households, and 704 families residing in the Jaffrey CDP. There were 1,329 housing units, of which 105, or 7.9%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the town was 95.9% White, 0.7%

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, 0.2% Native American, 0.9%

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n, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.3% some other race, and 2.0% from two or more races. 2.0% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. Of the 1,224 households in the CDP, 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.9% were headed by

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living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.5% were non-families. 34.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25, and the average family size was 2.90. 23.8% of people in the CDP were under the age of 18, 9.6% were from 18 to 24, 25.2% were from 25 to 44, 28.2% were from 45 to 64, and 13.1% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males. For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $35,360, and the median income for a family was $70,196. The

per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...

for the town was $23,465. 21.0% of the population and 8.7% of families were below the poverty line, along with 32.2% of people under the age of 18 and 27.2% of people 65 or older.

References

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