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Epping 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
town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
of Epping, Rockingham County,
New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
, United States. The population of the CDP was 2,693 at the 2020 census, out of 7,125 in the entire town.


Geography

The CDP is in the south-central part of the town of Epping, comprising most of the main village of Epping, part of the village of West Epping, and less densely developed land in between. The CDP is bordered to the south by the New Hampshire Route 101 expressway and to the west by the Lamprey River from NH 101 to NH 27 (Pleasant Street). The northern border of the CDP follows NH 27 and the Lamprey River, until the village of Epping in the eastern part of the CDP, where it follows Prescott Road and Old Hedding Road to Delaney Road, east of NH 125. The eastern border stays east of NH 125 from Old Hedding Road to NH 101. NH Route 101, with one exit in Epping, leads east to
Interstate 95 Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, north to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the ...
in Hampton and west to
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in
Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
. Route 125, which intersects Route 101 at Exit 7 in Epping, leads north to Rochester and south to
Haverhill, Massachusetts Haverhill ( ) is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. Haverhill is located north of Boston on the New Hampshire border and about from the Atlantic Ocean. The population was 67,787 at the 2020 United States census. Located o ...
. Route 27, the pre-expressway routing of Route 101, leads east to Exeter and west to
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. According to the
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, the Epping CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.82%, are water. The Lamprey River passes through Epping village, flowing east toward Great Bay.


Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,681 people, 766 households, and 447 families residing in the CDP. There were 847 housing units, of which 81, or 9.6%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.7%
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, 0.3%
African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...
, 0.1% Native American, 1.0%
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n, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 1.1% some other race, and 1.8% from two or more races. 1.2% of the population were
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or Latino of any race. Of the 766 households in the CDP, 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% were headed by
married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...
living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.6% were non-families. 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.2% 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 2.79. 18.2% of residents in the CDP were under the age of 18, 9.8% were from age 18 to 24, 24.3% were from 25 to 44, 29.7% were from 45 to 64, and 18.1% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.1 males. For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $50,438, and the median income for a family was $57,083. Male full-time workers had a median income of $50,917 versus $48,447 for females. 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 CDP was $27,359. 9.5% of the population and 4.5% of families were below the poverty line.


References

{{authority control Census-designated places in New Hampshire Census-designated places in Rockingham County, New Hampshire