Loudon 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 Loudon in Merrimack County,

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, United States. The population of the CDP was 711 at the 2020 census, out of 5,576 in the entire town.

Geography

The CDP is in the southern part of the town of Loudon, on both sides of the

Soucook River The Soucook River is a river located in central New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, which flows to the Gulf of Maine. The Soucook River begins at the outlet of Rocky Pond on the border between the towns ...

. The northern boundary of the CDP is north of School Street, Church Street, and

New Hampshire Route 129 New Hampshire Route 129 (abbreviated NH 129) is an secondary east–west state highway in New Hampshire. The road runs between Loudon and Gilmanton. The southwestern terminus of NH 129 is in Loudon at South Village Road, west of the intersecti ...

, and follows Wiggins Road to the northeast corner of the CDP. To the east, all houses on East Cooper Street, Hemlock Hill Drive, Ilona Lane, and Brown Lane are within the CDP. The border extends south along

New Hampshire Route 106 New Hampshire Route 106 is a secondary north–south highway in Merrimack and Belknap counties in central New Hampshire. It connects the town of Pembroke with Meredith in the Lakes Region. The first green LED traffic light in the nation was ...

to Wales Bridge over the Soucook River, then turns northwest up Riverview Lane and Pine Island Brook until back to the northwest corner of the CDP. Route 106 passes through the east side of the CDP, leading north to

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and south to

U.S. Route 3 U.S. Route 3 (US 3) is a United States highway running from Cambridge, Massachusetts, through New Hampshire, to the Canada–US border near Third Connecticut Lake, where it connects to Quebec Route 257. Massachusetts Route 3 connects to ...

in Pembroke.

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, the state capital, is eight miles to the southwest via Route 106 and

Interstate 393 Interstate 393 (I-393) is a east–west auxiliary Interstate Highway extending from I-93 at Concord to Pembroke, New Hampshire. The primary purpose of the road is to bypass a densely built commercial strip on New Hampshire Route 9 (NH&nb ...

. Route 129 leads northeast from Loudon to

New Hampshire Route 107 New Hampshire Route 107 is a north–south state highway in eastern New Hampshire. It connects Laconia in the Lakes Region with Seabrook on the Atlantic coast. The southern terminus of NH 107 is at U.S. Route 1 in Seabrook near the entrance to ...

in the southern part of Gilmanton. According to the

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, the Loudon CDP has a total area of , all of it recorded as land. The Soucook River, which flows southward through the center of the community, 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 559 people, 233 households, and 147 families residing in the CDP. There were 256 housing units, of which 23, or 9.0%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.5%

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, 0.2%

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, 0.2% Native American, 0.5%

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n, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.2% some other race, and 1.4% from two or more races. 0.9% of the population were

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of any race. Of the 233 households in the CDP, 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were headed by

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living together, 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.9% were non-families. 31.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.2% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40, and the average family size was 2.96. 20.9% of residents in the CDP were under the age of 18, 6.0% were from age 18 to 24, 21.3% were from 25 to 44, 30.9% were from 45 to 64, and 20.9% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.7 males. For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $64,625, and the median income for a family was $65,313. 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 $33,566.

References

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