Meredith 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 Meredith in Belknap County,

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, United States. The population was 2,527 at the 2020 census, out of 6,662 in the entire town of Meredith.

Geography

The CDP is slightly northeast of the geographic center of the town, situated between

Lake Waukewan Lake Waukewan is a water body located in Belknap County, New Hampshire, Belknap County in the Lakes Region (New Hampshire), Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, United States, in the towns of Meredith, New Hampshire, Meredith and New Hampton, N ...

to the west and Meredith Bay on

Lake Winnipesaukee Lake Winnipesaukee () is the largest lake in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, located in the Lakes Region at the foothills of the White Mountains. It is approximately long (northwest-southeast) and from wide (northeast-southwest), covering & ...

to the east. The CDP extends north to Philbrook Avenue and the southern edge of the Meredith Village Cemetery, and northeast to Keyser Road. The CDP border then turns southwest down

New Hampshire Route 25 New Hampshire Route 25 is a long east–west state highway in New Hampshire. It runs completely across the state from Vermont to Maine. The western terminus of Route 25 is at the Vermont state line on the Connecticut River in Piermont, where the ...

to Barnard Ridge Road/Meredith Neck Road to an unnamed brook leading south into Meredith Bay. The CDP border extends further south along the bay to an unnamed brook north of Neal Shore Road, heading west to Westbury Road and then

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 ...

, which it then follows north to Reservoir Road. The CDP border follows Reservoir Road, Hemlock Drive, NH Route 104, Birch Hill Road, and Waukewan Street to Lake Waukewan.

and

intersect on the eastern side of the CDP at the north end of Meredith Bay. US 3 and NH 25 together lead north to

Holderness Holderness is an area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, on the north-east coast of England. An area of rich agricultural land, Holderness was marshland until it was drained in the Middle Ages. Topographically, Holderness has more in common wit ...

at the outlet of

Squam Lake Squam Lake is a lake located in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, United States, south of the White Mountains, straddling the borders of Grafton, Carroll, and Belknap counties. The largest town center on the lake is Holderness. The l ...

. US 3 leads south to Weirs Beach and to the center of

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, while NH 25 leads northeast to Center Harbor and to Moultonborough.

New Hampshire Route 104 New Hampshire Route 104 (abbreviated NH 104) is a secondary east–west highway in central New Hampshire, United States. The highway runs from Danbury to Meredith on Lake Winnipesaukee in the Lakes Region. The western terminus of NH 104 is in D ...

leaves US 3 in the south part of the CDP, leading west to

Interstate 93 Interstate 93 (I-93) is an Interstate Highway in the New England states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont in the United States. Spanning approximately along a north–south axis, it is one of three primary Interstate Highways ...

in New Hampton.

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 ...

leaves US 3 just south of the CDP border, providing a direct route to the center of Laconia, south of Meredith. According to the

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, the Meredith CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 30.83%, are water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 1,718 people, 740 households, and 434 families residing in the CDP. There were 943 housing units, of which 203 were vacant. 108 of the vacant units were for seasonal use. The racial makeup of the town was 97.1% White, 0.3%

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, 0.1% Native American, 1.0%

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n, 0.1% some other race, and 1.3% from two or more races. 1.3% of the population were

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of any race. Of the 740 households, 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.5% were headed by

married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...

living together, 15.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.4% were non-families. 33.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% 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 2.77. In the CDP, 19.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.6% were from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 23.0% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.7 males. For the period 2011-2015, the estimated median annual income for a household was $42,880, and the median income for a family was $70,278. 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 town was $22,694. 31.8% of the population and 28.7% of families were below the poverty line. 50.4% of the population under the age of 18 and 12.2% of those 65 or older were living in poverty.

References

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