2002 Keene Census Data

Population (2000)	22,563
Population (1990)	22,430
Land area	37.3 sq. miles
Persons per square mile	605
Households	8,955
Family households	5,083	56.8%
Average household size	2.27
Average family size	2.86
Gender
Male	10,572	46.9%
Female	11,991	53.1%
Race
White	22,034	97.7%
Black	89	0.4%
American Indian	45	0.2%
Asian	153	0.7%
Hispanic	172	0 .8%
Foreign born	609	2.7%
Age
under 5	944	4.2%
5-19 yrs.	5,001	22.1%
20-54 yrs.	11,293	50.0%
over 55	5,325	23.6%
Median age	35.3 yrs
Education
High school graduates		87.3%
Bachelors degree		20.2%
Masters degree		7.9%
Doctorate		1.6%
Employed workforce	11,408	60.7%
Occupations
Professional/Mgmnt.	4,043	35.4%
Sales/Clerical	3,436	30.1%
Construction, maintenance	795	7%
Farm/Forestry	15	0.1%
Serv.Occupations	1,508	13.2%
Production, transportation, moving	1,611	14.1%
Not in labor force	6,008	32.0%
Unemployed	1,388	7.4%
Work out of county of residence	11.9%
Mean commute time to work	16.4 minutes
Income
Per capita income (1999)	$20,544
Median household income (1999)	$37,033
Median family income (1999)	$49,935
Below poverty line (1999)	2,185
Housing
Total housing units (2000)	9,295
Owner occupied	5,120	57.2%
Renter occupied	3,835	42.8%
Occupied units	8,955	96.3%
Median house cost (2001)	$103,800
Median monthly owner costs
With mortgage	$1,118
Without mortgage	$482
Median real estate taxes per year	$3,419
Median monthly rent	$554
Single-family homes	4,541	48.9%
Mobile homes	446
Housing units - year built:
1990-2000	499	5.5%
1980-89	1,208	13.0%
1940-79	4,113	44.3%
pre-1939	3,475	37.4%