New Hampshire Housing Market: Home Prices, Rent and Affordability
The typical New Hampshire home is worth $516,306, up 2.9% over the past year and up 35.6% over five years, 40.0% above the national $368,697 (Zillow, latest release). That ranks #9 of 50 on price. A 20%-down mortgage runs $2,656 a month and takes about $127,122 of income; the median New Hampshire household earns $97,880, $29,242 short.
In Manchester, the state's largest metro, typical rent is $2,178 a month against a $2,695 principal-and-interest payment on the typical home, so renting is $517 a month cheaper before taxes, insurance and maintenance. The market is warm: 24.7% of listings cut their price (national 26.4%), homes go pending in 28 days (national 53), and for-sale inventory is up 10.8% from a year ago.
All figures are Zillow Research's published numbers for August; median household income is from the Census Bureau. How the data works → · Home prices in all 50 states →
New Hampshire Housing by the Numbers
How much does a house cost in New Hampshire? The typical home is worth $516,306, the median sale price is $527,167 and the median list price $554,967. The six figures below describe the market this month, each with the national comparison.
How Have New Hampshire Home Prices Changed?
The typical New Hampshire home value every month since 2000, with the national typical home as a dashed line. Values rose 2.9% over the past year, are up 35.6% over five years, up 112.1% over ten, and up 281% since January 2000.
Is It Cheaper to Rent or Buy in New Hampshire?
Two direct answers from the Zillow data. Rent versus buy sets typical asking rent in Manchester, the state's largest metro, against the mortgage payment on the typical home there, since Zillow publishes rents by metro rather than by state. The affordability gap is the income needed to buy the typical New Hampshire home minus what the median household actually earns.
Rent vs. buy · Manchester, NH
The payment excludes property tax (1.89% of value in New Hampshire), insurance and maintenance, all of which push the cost of owning higher; renting builds no equity. If values kept rising at the past five years' pace (35.6%), equity would narrow that gap over a long stay.
Affordability gap · #26 of 50
A $2,656 monthly payment takes 32.6% of the median New Hampshire household's income before property tax and insurance; lenders generally cap total housing costs near 28–31%. Full budget for your household →
Is New Hampshire a Buyer's or a Seller's Market?
Market temperature is our label from three Zillow signals compared with the national market: the share of listings with a price cut, days from listing to pending (days on market), and whether homes for sale are up from a year ago. New Hampshire is warm: it slightly favors sellers: one of the three market signals points cooler than the national market.
Median sale price $527,167 against a median list price of $554,967, so the typical home closes 5.0% below asking.
Where the New Hampshire market is heading
Compared with a year ago, all three signals point looser, in buyers' favor: the share of listings with a price cut is up 1.7 points from a year ago to 24.7%, homes take 2 days longer to go pending than a year ago (28 now), and the number of homes for sale is up 10.8%. The typical home value rose 2.9% over the same period and is at an all-time high. We publish no forecasts: these are Zillow's current-month readings, not a prediction of where New Hampshire home prices go next.
Home Values and Rents in New Hampshire Cities
Zillow publishes a city-level home value or rent for 20 of the New Hampshire cities we track. The most expensive is Hanover ($1,004,975) and the cheapest Berlin ($185,545). Click a city for its full profile.
| City | Population | Home value | 1 yr | 5 yr | Rent | Rent 1 yr | Value ÷ income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | 115,473 | $441,115 | +1.1% | ||||
| Nashua | 90,997 | $509,265 | +3.4% | ||||
| Concord | 44,219 | $455,058 | +2.7% | ||||
| Dover | 33,070 | $546,302 | +1.6% | ||||
| Rochester | 32,866 | $410,388 | +3.7% | ||||
| Keene | 22,923 | $358,686 | +4.0% | ||||
| Portsmouth | 22,332 | $797,662 | +3.4% | ||||
| Derry | 21,668 | $506,795 | +3.4% | ||||
| Laconia | 16,982 | $442,834 | +2.4% | ||||
| Lebanon | 14,759 | $464,813 | +3.4% | ||||
| Claremont | 13,054 | $284,115 | +2.8% | ||||
| Londonderry | 12,307 | $619,009 | +2.7% | ||||
| Somersworth | 12,060 | $449,639 | +2.8% | ||||
| Durham | 10,577 | $705,991 | 0.0% | ||||
| Exeter | 10,138 | $616,112 | +3.5% | ||||
| Hampton | 9,960 | $631,068 | +4.8% | ||||
| Berlin | 9,473 | $185,545 | -3.6% | ||||
| Milford | 8,857 | $516,769 | +2.4% | ||||
| Franklin | 8,757 | $385,660 | +3.0% | ||||
| Hanover | 8,520 | $1,004,975 | +7.5% |
Home value and rent are Zillow's city-level indexes; population and median household income are Census ACS. Cities without a Zillow index are omitted. All New Hampshire cities ranked →
How New Hampshire Compares With Nearby States
The Northeast states closest to New Hampshire on price. Each card links to that state's housing page; the compare link puts the two states side by side on every category.
More on New Hampshire
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→Overall rank and grade, every category score, taxes, utilities, safety, schools and all tracked cities.
What you'd keep in New Hampshire
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Who is moving to New Hampshire
→IRS migration data: where new residents come from, where leavers go, and what both groups earn.
New Hampshire Housing Market FAQ
What is the average house price in New Hampshire?
$516,306 is the typical New Hampshire home value according to the latest Zillow Research release of the Zillow Home Value Index, which tracks homes in the middle third of the market. The median sale price was $527,167 and the median list price $554,967. That makes New Hampshire the #9 most expensive state; the national typical home is worth $368,697.
Are home prices dropping in New Hampshire?
No. The typical New Hampshire home value rose 2.9% over the past year and is at an all-time high. Over five years it is up 35.6% and over ten years up 112.1%. Nationally, values rose 1.2% over the year.
How have New Hampshire home prices changed over the past 1, 5 and 10 years?
+2.9% over one year, +35.6% over five years and +112.1% over ten years for the typical New Hampshire home value, per the latest Zillow Research release; the national figures are +1.2%, +20.3% and +77.9%. Since January 2000 the typical New Hampshire home is up 281%. The monthly chart above shows the full series against the national line.
Will the New Hampshire housing market crash?
We publish no forecasts, so this page cannot answer that; it can show the current readings and the historical worst case. Right now the typical New Hampshire home value is at an all-time high after it rose 2.9% over the past year; 24.7% of listings have cut their price (national 26.4%), homes go pending in 28 days (national 53), and inventory is up 10.8% from a year ago, per Zillow Research. The largest decline in Zillow's monthly series for New Hampshire was 22.2% from June 2006 to March 2012, and values took 70 months to regain that peak.
Is it a good time to buy a house in New Hampshire?
The New Hampshire market is warm right now, which means it slightly favors sellers: one of the three market signals points cooler than the national market. 24.7% of listings cut their price (national 26.4%), homes go pending in 28 days (national 53), and for-sale inventory is up 10.8% from a year ago. Affordability is the constraint: buying the typical home takes $127,122 of income, $29,242 more than the median household earns. Whether the timing is right also depends on mortgage rates and how long you plan to stay.
Is New Hampshire a buyer's or seller's market?
New Hampshire leans toward sellers. Fewer listings are cutting prices than the national average (24.7% vs. 26.4%), homes take 28 days to go pending (national 53), and the number of homes for sale is up 10.8% from a year ago at 5K listings. One of those three signals points toward buyers.
What is the average rent in New Hampshire?
In Manchester, New Hampshire's largest metro, the typical asking rent is $2,178 a month, up 3.9% over the past year and up 29.3% over five years, per the Zillow Observed Rent Index. The national typical rent is $1,948. Among New Hampshire cities we track, rents range from $950 to $3,798 a month.
Is it cheaper to rent or buy in New Hampshire?
Renting is cheaper month to month in Manchester, New Hampshire's largest metro. Typical rent is $2,178 and the principal-and-interest payment on the typical home with 20% down is $2,695, a difference of $517 a month in favor of renting. The payment excludes property tax (1.89% of value in New Hampshire), insurance and maintenance, and renting builds no equity, so the full answer depends on how long you stay.
How much income do you need to buy a house in New Hampshire?
About $127,122 a year, using Zillow's assumptions of 20% down at current mortgage rates and a payment of no more than 30% of income. The median New Hampshire household earns $97,880, so the typical household is $29,242 short. That is the #26 smallest affordability gap of the 50 states. The monthly payment of $2,656 equals 32.6% of the median household's income.
Where are homes cheapest and most expensive in New Hampshire?
Among the New Hampshire cities we track with Zillow data, the most expensive typical home is in Hanover ($1,004,975) and the cheapest in Berlin ($185,545). Also at the top: Portsmouth ($797,662), Durham ($705,991), and Hampton ($631,068). The city table above lists every tracked New Hampshire city with its value, one-year change and rent.
How does New Hampshire compare with nearby states?
In the Northeast, the closest comparisons on price are Rhode Island ($511,233, up 3.4% in a year), New York ($526,714, up 5.6% in a year), and New Jersey ($580,353, up 3.9% in a year). New Hampshire's typical home is $516,306, up 2.9%. On affordability, New Hampshire ranks #26 of 50 versus Rhode Island at #43, New York at #47, and New Jersey at #46.
How current is the New Hampshire housing data?
Every figure on this page comes from Zillow Research, which publishes state, metro and city data free each month for the prior month; the latest month shown is August. Median household income is from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. We rebuild the page from the newest Zillow files as they are released.
Home values, rents, mortgage payments, income needed, inventory, price cuts, days to pending and sale and list prices are published by Zillow Research and shown as released, with attribution. Median household income and city populations are from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. Home prices and housing markets in all 50 states →