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New Hampshire town guides

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Editorial illustration of the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region: a calm river and lake below a brick and white-clapboard campus green with a bell tower, a rowing shell on the water and wooded ridges beyond

Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee

Acworth

Acworth is a rural town in Sullivan County, in New Hampshire's Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region. Residents report an average commute of about 35 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the White Mountains with monumental granite ridges, spruce forest and a large cloud-filled sky

White Mountains

Albany

Albany is a rural town in Carroll County, in New Hampshire's White Mountains region. Residents report an average commute of about 22 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region: a calm river and lake below a brick and white-clapboard campus green with a bell tower, a rowing shell on the water and wooded ridges beyond

Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee

Alexandria

Alexandria is a rural town in Grafton County, in New Hampshire's Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region. Residents report an average commute of about 36 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Merrimack Valley: a broad river curving past red-brick mill buildings with a tall smokestack, a steel truss bridge and low wooded hills

Merrimack Valley

Allenstown

Allenstown is a rural town in Merrimack County, in New Hampshire's Merrimack Valley region. Residents report an average commute of about 24 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Monadnock region: a solitary granite mountain above rolling farmland, stone walls, orchard rows and a small white-steepled village

Monadnock

Alstead

Alstead is a rural town in Cheshire County, in New Hampshire's Monadnock region. Residents report an average commute of about 32 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of a broad New Hampshire lake at dusk with layered mountains, pine shoreline, a dock and a small sailboat

Lakes

Alton

Alton is a rural town in Belknap County, in New Hampshire's Lakes region. Residents report an average commute of about 33 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Merrimack Valley: a broad river curving past red-brick mill buildings with a tall smokestack, a steel truss bridge and low wooded hills

Merrimack Valley

Amherst

A town organized around a historic village green, with low-density residential development, conservation land, and access to Route 101 and the Nashua employment area.

Editorial illustration of the Merrimack Valley: a broad river curving past red-brick mill buildings with a tall smokestack, a steel truss bridge and low wooded hills

Merrimack Valley

Andover

Andover is a rural town in Merrimack County, in New Hampshire's Merrimack Valley region. Residents report an average commute of about 34 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Monadnock region: a solitary granite mountain above rolling farmland, stone walls, orchard rows and a small white-steepled village

Monadnock

Antrim

Antrim is a rural town in Hillsborough County, in New Hampshire's Monadnock region. Residents report an average commute of about 32 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region: a calm river and lake below a brick and white-clapboard campus green with a bell tower, a rowing shell on the water and wooded ridges beyond

Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee

Ashland

Ashland is a rural town in Grafton County, in New Hampshire's Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region. Residents report an average commute of about 26 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Merrimack Valley: a broad river curving past red-brick mill buildings with a tall smokestack, a steel truss bridge and low wooded hills

Merrimack Valley

Atkinson

Atkinson is a small-town town in Rockingham County, in New Hampshire's Merrimack Valley region. Residents report an average commute of about 28 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Merrimack Valley: a broad river curving past red-brick mill buildings with a tall smokestack, a steel truss bridge and low wooded hills

Merrimack Valley

Auburn

Auburn is a small-town town in Rockingham County, in New Hampshire's Merrimack Valley region. Residents report an average commute of about 28 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of a broad New Hampshire lake at dusk with layered mountains, pine shoreline, a dock and a small sailboat

Lakes

Barnstead

Barnstead is a rural town in Belknap County, in New Hampshire's Lakes region. Residents report an average commute of about 31 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of a New Hampshire Seacoast working harbor with brick waterfront buildings, a fishing boat and a steel bridge

Seacoast

Barrington

Barrington is a rural town in Strafford County, in New Hampshire's Seacoast region. Residents report an average commute of about 30 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the White Mountains with monumental granite ridges, spruce forest and a large cloud-filled sky

White Mountains

Bartlett

Bartlett is a rural town in Carroll County, in New Hampshire's White Mountains region. Residents report an average commute of about 31 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the White Mountains with monumental granite ridges, spruce forest and a large cloud-filled sky

White Mountains

Bath

Bath is a rural town in Grafton County, in New Hampshire's White Mountains region. Residents report an average commute of about 26 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of Bedford, New Hampshire: a white-columned meetinghouse at a country crossroads with stone walls, mature maples, hayfields and houses on wide green lawns

Merrimack Valley

Bedford

A largely residential town bordering Manchester, with newer subdivisions, larger lots, a commercial corridor along Route 101, and direct access to I-293 and the airport.

Editorial illustration of a broad New Hampshire lake at dusk with layered mountains, pine shoreline, a dock and a small sailboat

Lakes

Belmont

Belmont is a small-town town in Belknap County, in New Hampshire's Lakes region. Residents report an average commute of about 25 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Monadnock region: a solitary granite mountain above rolling farmland, stone walls, orchard rows and a small white-steepled village

Monadnock

Bennington

Bennington is a rural town in Hillsborough County, in New Hampshire's Monadnock region. Residents report an average commute of about 37 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the White Mountains with monumental granite ridges, spruce forest and a large cloud-filled sky

White Mountains

Benton

Benton is a rural town in Grafton County, in New Hampshire's White Mountains region. Residents report an average commute of about 32 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the White Mountains with monumental granite ridges, spruce forest and a large cloud-filled sky

White Mountains

Berlin

Berlin is a rural city in Coos County, in New Hampshire's White Mountains region. Residents report an average commute of about 19 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the White Mountains with monumental granite ridges, spruce forest and a large cloud-filled sky

White Mountains

Bethlehem

Bethlehem is a rural town in Grafton County, in New Hampshire's White Mountains region. Residents report an average commute of about 20 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Merrimack Valley: a broad river curving past red-brick mill buildings with a tall smokestack, a steel truss bridge and low wooded hills

Merrimack Valley

Boscawen

Boscawen is a rural town in Merrimack County, in New Hampshire's Merrimack Valley region. Residents report an average commute of about 28 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Merrimack Valley: a broad river curving past red-brick mill buildings with a tall smokestack, a steel truss bridge and low wooded hills

Merrimack Valley

Bow

A residential town directly south of Concord with larger lots, limited commercial development, and immediate access to I-89 and I-93.

Editorial illustration of the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region: a calm river and lake below a brick and white-clapboard campus green with a bell tower, a rowing shell on the water and wooded ridges beyond

Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee

Bradford

Bradford is a rural town in Merrimack County, in New Hampshire's Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region. Residents report an average commute of about 32 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Merrimack Valley: a broad river curving past red-brick mill buildings with a tall smokestack, a steel truss bridge and low wooded hills

Merrimack Valley

Brentwood

Brentwood is a small-town town in Rockingham County, in New Hampshire's Merrimack Valley region. Residents report an average commute of about 28 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region: a calm river and lake below a brick and white-clapboard campus green with a bell tower, a rowing shell on the water and wooded ridges beyond

Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee

Bridgewater

Bridgewater is a rural town in Grafton County, in New Hampshire's Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region. Residents report an average commute of about 30 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region: a calm river and lake below a brick and white-clapboard campus green with a bell tower, a rowing shell on the water and wooded ridges beyond

Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee

Bristol

Bristol is a rural town in Grafton County, in New Hampshire's Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region. Residents report an average commute of about 28 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of a broad New Hampshire lake at dusk with layered mountains, pine shoreline, a dock and a small sailboat

Lakes

Brookfield

Brookfield is a rural town in Carroll County, in New Hampshire's Lakes region. Residents report an average commute of about 27 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Merrimack Valley: a broad river curving past red-brick mill buildings with a tall smokestack, a steel truss bridge and low wooded hills

Merrimack Valley

Brookline

Brookline is a small-town town in Hillsborough County, in New Hampshire's Merrimack Valley region. Residents report an average commute of about 33 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region: a calm river and lake below a brick and white-clapboard campus green with a bell tower, a rowing shell on the water and wooded ridges beyond

Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee

Campton

Campton is a rural town in Grafton County, in New Hampshire's Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region. Residents report an average commute of about 23 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region: a calm river and lake below a brick and white-clapboard campus green with a bell tower, a rowing shell on the water and wooded ridges beyond

Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee

Canaan

Canaan is a rural town in Grafton County, in New Hampshire's Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region. Residents report an average commute of about 30 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Merrimack Valley: a broad river curving past red-brick mill buildings with a tall smokestack, a steel truss bridge and low wooded hills

Merrimack Valley

Candia

Candia is a rural town in Rockingham County, in New Hampshire's Merrimack Valley region. Residents report an average commute of about 34 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Merrimack Valley: a broad river curving past red-brick mill buildings with a tall smokestack, a steel truss bridge and low wooded hills

Merrimack Valley

Canterbury

Canterbury is a rural town in Merrimack County, in New Hampshire's Merrimack Valley region. Residents report an average commute of about 32 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the White Mountains with monumental granite ridges, spruce forest and a large cloud-filled sky

White Mountains

Carroll

Carroll is a rural town in Coos County, in New Hampshire's White Mountains region. Residents report an average commute of about 22 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of a broad New Hampshire lake at dusk with layered mountains, pine shoreline, a dock and a small sailboat

Lakes

Center Harbor

Center Harbor is a rural town in Belknap County, in New Hampshire's Lakes region. Residents report an average commute of about 25 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region: a calm river and lake below a brick and white-clapboard campus green with a bell tower, a rowing shell on the water and wooded ridges beyond

Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee

Charlestown

Charlestown is a rural town in Sullivan County, in New Hampshire's Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region. Residents report an average commute of about 24 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the White Mountains with monumental granite ridges, spruce forest and a large cloud-filled sky

White Mountains

Chatham

Chatham is a rural town in Carroll County, in New Hampshire's White Mountains region. Residents report an average commute of about 36 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Merrimack Valley: a broad river curving past red-brick mill buildings with a tall smokestack, a steel truss bridge and low wooded hills

Merrimack Valley

Chester

Chester is a rural town in Rockingham County, in New Hampshire's Merrimack Valley region. Residents report an average commute of about 35 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Monadnock region: a solitary granite mountain above rolling farmland, stone walls, orchard rows and a small white-steepled village

Monadnock

Chesterfield

Chesterfield is a rural town in Cheshire County, in New Hampshire's Monadnock region. Residents report an average commute of about 25 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Merrimack Valley: a broad river curving past red-brick mill buildings with a tall smokestack, a steel truss bridge and low wooded hills

Merrimack Valley

Chichester

Chichester is a rural town in Merrimack County, in New Hampshire's Merrimack Valley region. Residents report an average commute of about 30 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region: a calm river and lake below a brick and white-clapboard campus green with a bell tower, a rowing shell on the water and wooded ridges beyond

Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee

Claremont

Claremont is a small-town city in Sullivan County, in New Hampshire's Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region. Residents report an average commute of about 24 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Great North Woods: layered spruce and fir forest, a winding remote river, distant low mountains and a single moose at the water edge under a wide northern sky

Great North Woods

Clarksville

Clarksville is a rural town in Coos County, in New Hampshire's Great North Woods region. Residents report an average commute of about 23 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Great North Woods: layered spruce and fir forest, a winding remote river, distant low mountains and a single moose at the water edge under a wide northern sky

Great North Woods

Colebrook

Colebrook is a rural town in Coos County, in New Hampshire's Great North Woods region. Residents report an average commute of about 21 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Great North Woods: layered spruce and fir forest, a winding remote river, distant low mountains and a single moose at the water edge under a wide northern sky

Great North Woods

Columbia

Columbia is a rural town in Coos County, in New Hampshire's Great North Woods region. Residents report an average commute of about 20 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of Concord, New Hampshire: the granite State House with its gold dome above a brick main street, the Merrimack River and autumn hills beyond

Merrimack Valley

Concord

The state capital, with a walkable Main Street, state government and healthcare employment, and housing that ranges from in-town historic properties to outlying neighborhoods.

Editorial illustration of North Conway in Conway, New Hampshire: a Victorian railway depot and scenic train beside a village main street, the open intervale and river, and granite cliffs of the Mount Washington Valley in autumn

White Mountains

Conway

Conway is a rural town in Carroll County, in New Hampshire's White Mountains region. Residents report an average commute of about 21 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.

Editorial illustration of the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region: a calm river and lake below a brick and white-clapboard campus green with a bell tower, a rowing shell on the water and wooded ridges beyond

Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee

Cornish

Cornish is a rural town in Sullivan County, in New Hampshire's Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region. Residents report an average commute of about 24 minutes. Housing figures on this page are ZIP-area estimates and municipal population has not yet been loaded from an official state source.