For some, however, Beantown seems like a world away, and that's the beauty of Nashua. And residents still enjoy easy access to Boston's Logan Airport. Among the largest employers in Nashua are Digital Equipment Corporation, Locheed Sanders, South New Hampshire Regional Medical Center, Teradyne Connection Systems, Inc., St. Joseph Hospital, Fleet Bank, and the Nashua Corporation, a manufacturer of paper and computer products. Housing permits have increased in Nashua 9.4 percent since 1996, in marked contrast to the national decline of 3.8 percent. Job growth has increased 1.3 percent since 1996 and is expected to increase 3 percent more before the next millennium.
Crime rates are remarkably low when compared to national standards.
Property crimes number 2,511 per 100,000 people each year, while the national average stands at 4,832 per 100,000. This leads, of course, to a higher quality of life. Approximately 25 percent of Nashua's workforce treks to nearby Massachusetts each day. The average annual temperature in Nashua is just 46.4 degrees. That drops to an average of 21.4 degrees in January, and rises to a pleasant average temperature of 70.2 degrees in July, when most of us are sweltering.