Jaffrey (CDP), New Hampshire
Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Jaffrey is a census-designated place (CDP) and the main village in the town of Jaffrey in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population of the CDP was 3,058 at the 2020 census,<ref name="Census 2020">Template:Cite web</ref> out of 5,320 in the entire town of Jaffrey.
Geography
The CDP is in the eastern part of the town of Jaffrey, on both sides of the north-flowing Contoocook River. U.S. Route 202 passes through the center of the village, leading northeast (downriver) Template:Convert to Peterborough and south Template:Convert to Winchendon, Massachusetts. New Hampshire Route 124 crosses US 202 in the center of Jaffrey, leading east Template:Convert to New Ipswich and northwest Template:Convert to Marlborough. New Hampshire Route 137 leads north from Jaffrey Template:Convert to Hancock.
The Jaffrey CDP is bordered to the north by Harkness Road, Proctor Road, Amos Fortune Road, and Nutting Road; to the east by Cheshire Pond, Hillcrest Road, Fitzgerald Drive, Plantation Drive, Squantum Road, Rue Deschenes, and the east end of Contoocook Lake; to the south by the Rindge town line; and to the west by US 202, Mountain Brook Reservoir, Gilmore Pond Road, Highland Avenue, NH 124, and Matchpoint Road.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Jaffrey CDP has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert are land and Template:Convert, or 3.39%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021">Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
Template:US Census population As of the census of 2010, there were 2,757 people, 1,224 households, and 704 families residing in the Jaffrey CDP. There were 1,329 housing units, of which 105, or 7.9%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the town was 95.9% White, 0.7% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.3% some other race, and 2.0% from two or more races. 2.0% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref name="Census 2010 DP">Template:Cite web</ref>
Of the 1,224 households in the CDP, 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.9% were headed by married couples living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.5% were non-families. 34.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25, and the average family size was 2.90.<ref name="Census 2010 DP"/>
23.8% of people in the CDP were under the age of 18, 9.6% were from 18 to 24, 25.2% were from 25 to 44, 28.2% were from 45 to 64, and 13.1% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males.<ref name="Census 2010 DP"/>
For the period 2011-15, the estimated median annual income for a household was $35,360, and the median income for a family was $70,196. The per capita income for the town was $23,465. 21.0% of the population and 8.7% of families were below the poverty line, along with 32.2% of people under the age of 18 and 27.2% of people 65 or older.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>