Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission
Town of Sunapee
Historical Information
|
Original Name
|
First Settled
|
Resettled
|
Incorporated
|
Last Master Plan Adopted
|
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1781
|
10/29/1998
|
| * Figures are from Town Reports/Master
Plans |
Local Planning & Regulations
|
Economic Development Committee
|
Historical Society / Historic District
Commission / Heritage Commission
|
Planning Board Adopted Capitol
Improvement Plan
|
Capitol Improvement Plan last Adopted
|
Zoning Ordinance Last Adopted
|
Site Plan Regulations Last Adopted
|
| N/A
|
N/A
|
Yes
|
12/3/1992
|
3/13/2001
|
8/16/2001
|
|
-
|
|
Subdivision Regulations Last Adopted
|
Growth Management Ordinance
|
Is the Growth Management Ordinance
in effect?
|
Impact Fee Ordinance
|
Is the Impact Fee Imposed?
|
What is the Impact Fee Imposed
on?
|
| 8/16/2001
|
No
|
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
N/A
|
| - |
|
Allow Manufactured Housing Parks?
|
Allow Manufactured Housing in Subdivisions
|
Allow Manufactured Housing on Individual
Lots? ?
|
Historic District Zoning
|
Aquifer Protection District
|
Soil-Based Lot Sizing for Residential
Development
|
| Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| - |
|
Elderly Housing District
|
Affordable Housing District
|
Specific Design Regulations for
Commercial /
Industrial Development
|
Tax Increment Finance
District
|
Allow the Transfer
of Development Rights in the Zoning Ordinance?
|
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| - |
|
Has
the Town Adopted Building Codes?
|
Which
Codes?
|
Does
the Town Allow Mixed Use Development? (Residential and Commercial
on the Same Lot)
|
-
|
-
|
|
No
|
NA
|
Yes
|
-
|
-
|
* Town Reports & Staff
* Zoning Ordinances &Site Plan Regulations
|
Municipal Facilities & Utilities
|
Municipal Water System
|
Municipal Sewer System
|
Fixed-Route Public Transit System
|
Residential
Curbside Trash Collection
|
Non-Residential
Curbside Trash Collection
|
Residential
Curbside Recycling
|
Non-Residential
Curbside Recycling
|
| Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Land Use
|
Land Area
|
Water Area
|
Total Acres
|
Total Square Miles
|
|
14016 acres
|
2496 acres
|
16099.1
|
21.1
|
| - |
|
Total Developed Acres
|
Residential Acres
|
Agricultural Acres
|
Commercial Acres
|
Institutional/ Governmental Acres
|
Recreational Acres
|
Undeveloped Acres
|
|
101
|
52
|
15
|
2
|
2
|
30
|
76
|
| - |
|
Year
|
Acres in Current Use
|
Value of Land in Current Use
|
$ Assessed from Land Use Change Tax
|
$ Assessed from Timber Tax
|
- |
|
1990
|
5469
|
$
427013
|
NA
|
NA
|
- |
|
1995
|
N/A
|
$
N/A
|
NA
|
NA
|
- |
|
2000
|
N/A
|
$
N/A
|
$
26560.00
|
$
0.00
|
- |
|
2001
|
N/A
|
$
711624.00
|
$
22860.00
|
$
0.00
|
- |
|
2002
|
6295.00
|
$
NA
|
$
9200.00
|
$
0.00
|
- |
| 0 % of the Land Use Change Tax is dedicated to conservation programs. |
* Acreage is from Town Reports/Master
Plans,2002
* NH Office of State Planning |
Population
|
Year
|
Population
|
PopulationPercent Change
|
Annualized Rate of Population Change
|
Male Population
|
Female Population
|
Age: 0-17
|
Age: 18-64
|
Age: 65+
|
Population per square mile
|
|
1970
|
1384
|
NA
|
NA
|
678
|
706
|
483
|
718
|
183
|
65.7
|
|
1980
|
2312
|
67.1 %
|
16.7
|
1125
|
1187
|
604
|
1389
|
319
|
109.7
|
|
1990
|
2559
|
10.7 %
|
11.1
|
1264
|
1295
|
673
|
1536
|
350
|
121.5
|
|
2000
|
3055
|
19.4 %
|
NA
|
1544
|
1511
|
696
|
1840
|
519
|
145
|
|
2005
|
3250
|
-8.8 %
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
2010
|
3540
|
2.8 %
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
2015
|
3810
|
3.6 %
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
2020
|
4020
|
2.8 %
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
| |
2000 population of children
5 years of age and younger -
128 |
|
-
|
* Figures for 2005 - 2020 are NH OSP
Estimates '96
* Figures for 1970 - 2000 are from the US Census (1970, 1980, 1990,
2000)
* Population per square mile is Census Population / Total Square Miles
(from Town Reports/Master Plans) |
Income & Poverty
|
Year
|
Median Household Income
|
Per Capita Income
|
Percent Change in Per Capita Income
|
State Ranking of Per Capita Income (out of 234)
|
% of Person Below Poverty Level
|
|
1970
|
$
N/A
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
N/A %
|
|
1980
|
$
15912
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
%
|
|
1990
|
$
32679
|
$
14589
|
NA
|
NA
|
%
|
|
1996
|
NA
|
$
18032
|
23.6 %
|
111
|
NA
|
|
2000
|
$
49353
|
$
29184
|
NA
|
NA
|
5.2 %
|
|
-
|
-
|
|
-
|
Median Family Income
|
% of Families Below Poverty Level
|
Equalized Tax Rate
|
% Change in Equalized Tax Rate
|
Town Welfare Budget
as a % of Total Town Budget
|
|
1990
|
NA
|
NA
|
$
11.93
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
1995
|
NA
|
NA
|
$
14.99
|
25.6 %
|
NA
|
|
2000
|
$
55909
|
3.8 %
|
$
22.26
|
48.5 %
|
1.90 %
|
|
2001
|
NA
|
NA
|
$
24.98
|
12.2 %
|
1.30 %
|
|
2002
|
NA
|
NA
|
$
17.59
|
-29.58 %
|
1.70 %
|
|
-
|
* Household & Family Income figures
are from US Census (1970, 1980, 1990, 2000)
* % of Persons in Poverty figures are from US Census (1970, 1980,
1990, 2000)
|
Employment
|
Year
|
Labor Force
|
Employment
|
Unemployment
|
Average Annual Rate of Unemployment
|
Unemployment Rate - February
|
% of All Parents in Labor Force that have Children Under 6 years of age
|
|
1998
|
1521
|
1496
|
25
|
1.6 %
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
1999
|
1566
|
1540
|
26
|
1.7 %
|
1.7 %
|
NA
|
|
2000
|
1542
|
1514
|
28
|
1.8 %
|
1.8 %
|
77 %
|
|
2001
|
1493
|
1467
|
26
|
1.7 %
|
1 %
|
NA
|
|
2002
|
1524
|
1484
|
40
|
2.6 %
|
N/A %
|
NA
|
| 2003 |
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
2.6 %
|
NA
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
# of Employees by Occupation
|
|
-
|
Managerial & Professional
|
Technical Sales & Administrative Support
|
Service
|
Farming, Forestry & Fishing
|
Precision Production, Craft &
Repair
|
Operators, Fabricators & Laborers
|
|
1970
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
1980
|
226
|
268
|
121
|
16
|
238
|
200
|
|
1990
|
315
|
375
|
204
|
37
|
249
|
174
|
| 2000 |
674
|
383
|
195
|
13
|
199
|
130
|
|
-
|
* NH Department of Employment Security
|
Housing
|
Year
|
Average Household Size
|
Total Housing Units
|
# Single Family Homes
|
# Multi-family Homes
|
# Mobile Homes
|
# Owner Occupied Dwellings
|
# Renter Occupied Dwellings
|
|
1970
|
N/A
|
1163
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1108
|
276
|
|
1980
|
2.5
|
1645
|
959
|
252
|
59
|
688
|
195
|
|
1990
|
2.6
|
1904
|
1455
|
347
|
102
|
735
|
256
|
|
2000
|
2.4
|
2143
|
1783
|
287
|
73
|
972
|
322
|
| - |
|
Year
|
# Single Family Building Permits Issued
|
# of Multi-family Building Permits Issued
|
# of Mobile Home Building Permits Issued
|
- |
|
2001
|
20
|
2
|
0
|
- |
|
2002
|
20
|
2
|
0
|
- |
| |
|
-
|
Average Household Size
|
Average Household Size Owner-Occupied Units
|
Average Household Size Renter-Occupied Units
|
# Occupied Units
|
# Vacant Units
|
Homeowner Vacancy Rate
|
Rental Vacancy Rate
|
Households with individuals under 18
|
|
2000
|
2.4
|
2.5
|
2.1
|
1294
|
849
|
0.7
|
7.2
|
392
|
| - |
|
-
|
Median Rent
|
Median Home Value
|
% Median Home Value Change
|
# Building Permits Issued - Single Family
|
# Building Permits Issued - Multi-family
|
# Building Permits Issued - Mobile Home
|
-
|
|
1970
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
-
|
|
1980
|
N/A
|
47200
|
N/A
|
20
|
N/A
|
0
|
-
|
|
1985
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
21
|
N/A
|
1
|
-
|
|
1990
|
N/A
|
137300
|
191
|
11
|
1
|
0
|
-
|
|
1995
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
23
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
|
2000
|
693
|
NA
|
NA
|
29
|
N/A
|
0
|
-
|
| -- |
| - |
Gross Rent as a % of Household Income
|
Monthly Owner Cost as a % of Household Income
|
| - |
Less than 15.0%
|
15% - 19.9%
|
20.0% - 29.9%
|
30.0% and greater
|
Less than 15.0%
|
15% - 19.9%
|
20.0% - 29.9%
|
30.0% and greater
|
| 1999 |
15
|
20
|
28
|
31
|
35
|
21
|
26
|
18
|
| - |
|
-
|
# of Assisted Housing Units
|
# of Shelters (Emergency, Family, Transitional)
|
|
Elderly Units
|
Family Units
|
Family / Elderly
|
Groups Home Units
|
Miscellaneous Units
|
|
2000
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2001
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
|
2002
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
| 2003 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
NA
|
|
-
|
* US Census (1970, 1980, 1990, 2000)
* NH Office of State Planning
* NHHFA Directory of Assisted Housing Report (2002)
* Local Sources
|
Commuting
|
Year
|
# Residents Commuting Out of Town
|
% Residents Commuting Out of Town
|
Most Common Commute To:
|
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
|
1990
|
942
|
70 %
|
New London
|
Newport
|
Claremont
|
|
2000
|
1221
|
NA %
|
Sunapee
|
Newport
|
New London
|
|
-
|
|
Year
|
# of Nonresidents Working in Town
|
Average Commuting Time
|
Most Common Commute From:
|
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
|
1990
|
385
|
N/A
|
Newport
|
Claremont
|
Newbury
|
|
2000
|
384
|
24.4 min.
|
Sunapee
|
Newport
|
Claremont
|
| - |
|
Year
|
Mean Travel Time to Work
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
2000
|
24.4 minutes
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| - |
* US Census
(1970, 1980, 1990) |
Child Care
|
Year
|
# Licensed Child Center Care Facilities
|
Capacity of Child Center Care Facilities
|
# Licensed School Aged Child Care Facilities
|
Capacity of School Aged Facilities
|
# Licensed Family Child Care Facilities
|
Capacity of Family Child Care Facilities
|
# Licensed Preschool Child Care Facilities
|
Capacity of Preschool Child Care Facilities
|
| 2000 |
1
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
| 2001 |
1
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
| 2002 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
| 2003 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
27
|
0
|
0
|
| - |
*
NH Resource & Referral Network
* 2000 Census |
