Best places to live in New Hampshire
1 New Hampshire metro scored on the default family weighting — schools and safety heaviest, then affordability, climate, college pipeline and jobs. Change the weights on the ranking engine to see your own order.
Who lives in New Hampshire
Population-weighted racial and ethnic composition across the 1 tracked New Hampshire metro, from Census ACS table B03002.
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.1%
- Hispanic or Latino
- 8.5%
- Black (non-Hispanic)
- 2.2%
- Asian (non-Hispanic)
- 4.3%
- Other or two or more
- 4.9%
Diversity index 43/100 — how evenly the population is spread across these groups. It is descriptive, not a judgement: weight it up, down or to zero on the ranking engine.
| # | Metro | Score | US rank | Typical home | Schools | Safety | Climate | Diversity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester | 52.8 | #43 of 103 | $529k | 54 | 100 | 13° / 82° | 43 |
Figures are compiled estimates. Methodology and sources.