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Population (year 2000): 1,045. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,103 (+5.6% change)
Males: 524 (50.1%), Females: 521 (49.9%)
Orange County
Median resident age: 40.6 years
Median household income: $46,711 (year 2000)
Median house value: $130,400 (year 2000)
Races in Strafford:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.0%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
Ancestries: English (41.3%), German (17.0%),
Irish (16.4%), Scottish (12.1%), French (9.1%), Scotch-Irish
(6.3%).
Elevation: 925 feet
For population 25 years and over in Strafford
- High school or higher: 90.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 46.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 23.2%
- Unemployed: 3.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Strafford town
- Never married: 18.9%
- Now married: 65.9%
- Separated: 2.2%
- Widowed: 2.6%
- Divorced: 10.4%
1.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +137 (+15.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Strafford:
- ALICE PECK DAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles;
LEBANON, NH)
- GIFFORD MEDICAL CENTER (about 22 miles; RANDOLPH,
VT)
- CENTRAL VERMONT HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; BARRE, VT)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Strafford:
- RUTLAND STATE (about 46 miles; RUTLAND, VT; ID: RUT)
- BURLINGTON INTL (about 68 miles; BURLINGTON, VT; ID:
BTV)
- MANCHESTER (about 92 miles; MANCHESTER, NH; ID: MHT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Strafford:
- POST MILLS (about 9 miles; POST MILLS, VT; ID: 2B9)
- EDWARD F KNAPP STATE (about 26 miles; BARRE/MONTPELIER,
VT; ID: MPV)
- DEAN MEMORIAL (about 30 miles; HAVERHILL, NH; ID:
5B9)
Amtrak station near Strafford:
- 16 miles: WHITE RIVER JUNCTION (RAILROAD ROW).
Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible,
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, free short-term parking, paid long-term
parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi
service, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Strafford:
- DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (about 14 miles; HANOVER, NH;
Full-time enrollment: 5,309)
- NORWICH UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles; NORTHFIELD, VT;
FT enrollment: 2,585)
- PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE (about 52 miles; PLYMOUTH,
NH; FT enrollment: 3,542)
- MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE (about 56 miles; MIDDLEBURY, VT;
FT enrollment: 2,265)
- UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLL
(about 63 miles; BURLINGTON, VT; FT enrollment: 8,852)
- KEENE STATE COLLEGE (about 64 miles; KEENE, NH; FT
enrollment: 4,049)
- SAINT MICHAELS COLLEGE (about 70 miles; COLCHESTER,
VT; FT enrollment: 2,272)
Library in Strafford:
- MORRILL MEM. & HARRIS (Operating income:
$40,359; Location: 220 JUSTIN MORRILL HWY, PO BOX 110;
8,500 books; 250 audio materials; 200 video materials;
45 serial subscriptions)
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