Walpole 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 central village in the

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of Walpole in Cheshire County,

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, United States. The population of the CDP was 573 at the 2020 census, compared to 3,633 in the entire town.

Geography

The CDP is in the west-center part of the town of Walpole, on the east side of the valley of the

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. The western edge of the CDP follows

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, from the outlet of Mill Pond in the north to an unnamed brook south of South Street in the south. The CDP extends southeast to Prospect Hill Road as far as Watkins Hill Road and Maple Grove Road, while the eastern border of the CDP follows North Road and an unnamed brook back to Mill Pond. Route 12 leads north to North Walpole, across the Connecticut River from

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, and to Charlestown, while to the south it leads to Keene.

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leaves Route 12 just west of the town center and leads west across the Connecticut to

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. According to the

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, the Walpole CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.86%, are water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 605 people, 315 households, and 163 families residing in the CDP. There were 346 housing units, of which 31, or 9.0%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the town was 97.2% White, 0.3%

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, 0.0% Native American, 0.8%

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n, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.0% some other race, and 1.7% from two or more races. 1.3% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. Of the 315 households in the CDP, 15.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were headed by

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living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.3% were non-families. 39.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.4% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.92, and the average family size was 2.54. 13.1% of people in the CDP were under the age of 18, 6.3% were from 18 to 24, 18.1% were from 25 to 44, 35.6% were from 45 to 64, and 26.9% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 79.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.1 males. For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $46,061, and the median income for a family was $85,278. The

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for the CDP was $35,659.

References

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