New Hampton is a

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(CDP) and the main village in the

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of New Hampton in

Belknap County Belknap County () is a county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 census, the population was 63,705. The county seat is Laconia. It is located in New Hampshire's Lakes Region, slightly southeast of the state's geographic center. ...

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, United States. The population was 373 at the 2020 census, out of 2,377 people in the entire town of New Hampton.

Geography

The CDP is near the geographic center of the town of New Hampton, and is bordered to the north by the

Pemigewasset River The Pemigewasset River , known locally as "The Pemi", is a river in the state of New Hampshire, the United States. It is in length and (with its tributaries) drains approximately . The name "Pemigewasset" comes from the Abenaki word ''bemijijoase ...

and to the east by

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. To the south the CDP border follows unnamed brooks through the New Hampton Fish Hatchery, running south (upstream) to Gordon Hill Road, then turns north down another unnamed brook to the main (unnamed) stream through the village, following it downstream to the Pemigewasset. The CDP includes the campus of

New Hampton School New Hampton School is an independent college preparatory high school in New Hampton, New Hampshire, United States. It has 305 students from over 30 states and 22 countries. The average class size is eleven, and the student-faculty ratio is five t ...

, a private

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high school.

crosses

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at Exit 23 on the eastern edge of the CDP. I-93 leads north to

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and south to

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, the state capital. NH 104 leads east to Meredith and west to

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turns south from NH 104 on the western side of the CDP and proceeds east through the village center, then continues south through Sanbornton to

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in Tilton. According to the

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, the New Hampton CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 7.10%, are water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 351 people, 119 households, and 85 families residing in the CDP. There were 128 housing units, of which 9, or 7.0%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.3%

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, 0.3% Native American, 1.1%

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n, and 0.3% from two or more races. 2.0% of the population were

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of any race. Of the 119 households in the CDP, 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.6% were headed by married couples living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 24.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.8% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48, and the average family size was 2.94. 29.3% of residents in the CDP were under the age of 18, 4.2% were from age 18 to 24, 31.4% were from 25 to 44, 24.5% were from 45 to 64, and 10.5% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males. For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $89,632, and the median income for a family was $88,971. The

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for the CDP was $33,602.

References

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