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West Swanzey CDP, New Hampshire: commercial real estate data.
West Swanzey CDP is a Census CDP of 1,188 people across 2.58 square miles of land, in Cheshire County. Median household income is $47,090, 41.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.9 m.
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West Swanzey
What West Swanzey is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.58 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land460 plus or minus 123
- County holding the largest share of its areaCheshire County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Swanzey
How many people live in West Swanzey
- Population1,188 plus or minus 317
- Median age44.5 plus or minus 19.3
- Population under 18248 plus or minus 123
- Share under 1820.9 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Population 65 and over288 plus or minus 137
- Share 65 and over24.2 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Households576 plus or minus 151
- Family households346 plus or minus 133
- Share of households that are families60.1 percent plus or minus 16.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Swanzey
Income and work in West Swanzey
- Median household income$47,090 plus or minus $32,430
- Per capita income$32,367
- Civilian labor force532 plus or minus 166
- Employed505 plus or minus 165
- Unemployed27 plus or minus 43
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Adults 25 and over842 plus or minus 231
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher42.6 percent plus or minus 15.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree15.2 percent plus or minus 9.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Swanzey
Housing in West Swanzey
- Housing units576 plus or minus 151
- Occupied units576 plus or minus 151
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied237 plus or minus 95
- Renter occupied339 plus or minus 130
- Ownership rate41.1 percent plus or minus 12.5
- Median owner-occupied home value$193,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,645 plus or minus $343
- Annual rent as a share of median income41.9 percent plus or minus 30.2
- Single family units213 plus or minus 95
- Share single family37.0 percent plus or minus 13.3
- Units in buildings of two or more337 plus or minus 154
- Share in buildings of two or more58.5 percent plus or minus 21.9
- Mobile homes26 plus or minus 29
- Median year structure built1946
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Swanzey
How West Swanzey gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute471 plus or minus 158
- Commuting under 15 minutes51 plus or minus 55
- Share commuting under 15 minutes10.8 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more204 plus or minus 100
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.3 percent plus or minus 15.3
- Drove alone87.1 percent
- Carpooled5.0 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Worked from home6.7 percent plus or minus 7.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Swanzey
SBA 7(a) lending to West Swanzey borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,880,000
- Average approval$1,880,000
- Median approval$1,880,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,880,000
- Largest approval$1,880,000
- Jobs supported26
- Jobs per approval26.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Cheshire County, not West Swanzey
Cheshire County context, not West Swanzey figures
These are Cheshire County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as West Swanzey measurements.
- Establishments in Cheshire County2,001
- Employment at those establishments, Cheshire County27,755
- Covered employment, Cheshire County31,134
- Average annual pay, Cheshire County$59,392
- Average weekly wage, Cheshire County$1,142
- Housing units permitted, Cheshire County172
- Of those, single family, Cheshire County156
- County product, 2024, Cheshire County$5,175,191,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cheshire County5.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cheshire County$87,231
Every figure in this section is published for Cheshire County as a whole and is not a measurement of West Swanzey. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
West Swanzey questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in West Swanzey, New Hampshire?
1,188, in 576 households. West Swanzey CDP covers 2.58 square miles of land, which is 460 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is West Swanzey in?
Cheshire County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in West Swanzey?
$47,090. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $193,400. Median gross rent is $1,645 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to West Swanzey businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $1.9 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,880,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in West Swanzey, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to West Swanzey borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for West Swanzey. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page West Swanzey figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cheshire County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of West Swanzey.
Is zoning published for West Swanzey?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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