Hanover is a census-designated place (CDP) and the main village in the town of Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The population of the CDP was 9,078 at the 2020 census, out of 11,870 in the entire town. The CDP includes the campus of Dartmouth College.
Geography
The CDP is in the southwestern corner of the town of Hanover, bordered to the south by the city of Lebanon and to the west by the Connecticut River, which forms the New Hampshire–Vermont boundary. To the north the CDP extends upriver as far as the outlet of Storrs Pond. The eastern border of the CDP follows the outlet brook upstream to Storrs Pond, then continues up Camp Brook and Reservoir Road to Grasse Road at the outlet of the Lower Hanover Reservoir. The eastern border continues south on Grasse Road, then west on Wheelock Street to a line east of Low Road. The CDP border runs over Velvet Rocks and down an unnamed brook to Mink Brook, then west to New Hampshire Route 120, which it follows south to the Lebanon city line.
New Hampshire Route 10 passes through the center of Hanover, leading north to Lyme and south to West Lebanon. Route 10A (West Wheelock Street) leaves Route 10 at the town center and leads west across Ledyard Bridge to Interstate 91 in Norwich, Vermont. New Hampshire Route 120 leads southeast from Hanover to Interstate 89 and to the center of Lebanon.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Hanover CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 7.83%, are water.
Demographics
The population of the Hanover CDP is strongly influenced by the presence of Dartmouth students living in dormitories and in off-campus housing. As of the census of 2010, there were 8,636 people, 2,095 households, and 1,016 families residing in the CDP. There were 2,276 housing units, of which 181, or 8.0%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the CDP was 77.5% white, 4.3% African American, 1.0% Native American, 12.4% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.9% some other race, and 3.9% from two or more races. 4.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 2,095 households in the CDP, 23.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were headed by married couples living together, 4.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.5% were non-families. 36.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.6% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28, and the average family size was 2.96. 3,861 people in the CDP lived in group quarters, including dormitories or nursing homes, rather than households.