Cheshire County, New Hampshire

• White (non-Hispanic) 70,665 91.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,010 2.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 528 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 672 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,172 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 65 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 185 0.2%

• Under 18 13,760 17.8%
• 18–24 7,751 10.0%
• 25–44 18,140 23.5%
• 45–64 20,348 26.3%
• 65 and over 17,298 22.4%

Median household income

$81,728

90% interval $76,722–$86,734

−$18,636 vs NH · 9th of 10

Below poverty line

8.2%

90% interval 6.3%–10.1%

+0.9 pp vs NH · 6th of 10

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.16 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.2B

4.34% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,607

Establishments

2,229

• Trade, transportation & utilities 6,747 21.9%
• Education & health services 5,012 16.3%
• Manufacturing 4,656 15.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,780 9.0%
• Professional & business services 2,471 8.0%
• Other services 1,363 4.4%
• Financial activities 940 3.1%
• Public administration 219 0.7%

The sectors listed cover 78.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.7%

−0.1 pp vs NH · 7th of 10

Median gross rent

$1,276

−$215 vs NH · 6th of 10

Owner-occupied

22,264

Renter-occupied

8,356

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $89,810/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $31,471/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 24,579 54.4%
• Republican 20,142 44.6%
• Other / third-party 479 1.1%

• Spanish 708 1.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 575 0.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 259 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 190 0.3%
• Chinese 132 0.2%
• Tagalog 93 0.1%
• Vietnamese 9 0.0%
• Arabic 3 0.0%

Households

30,620

Family households

19,372

63.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,814

24.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,250

6.5% of families

Veterans

4,678

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 9,427 12.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,213 5.5%
• Mainline Protestant 2,797 3.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,484 1.9%
• Orthodox 91 0.1%

Health insured

93.8%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

6.2%

±0.9 pp

3rd of 10

With a disability

14.5%

±0.8 pp

6th of 10

Bachelor's or higher

35.5%

±1.7 pp

−5.1 pp vs NH · 7th of 10

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.7%

90% interval 5.9%–7.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Cheshire County Superior Court

Judges

2 (New Hampshire Superior Court Justice, approximate primary/resident assignment per county branch. NH has ~24 Justices statewide who rotate assignments among the 10 county branches under a unified bench (RSA § 491), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Hillsborough County uniquely operates two branches (Manchester / North and Nashua / South). Vintage 2026 courts.nh.gov roster.)

Court seats

Keene

Traffic fatalities

11

17.31 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9