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Hart's Location vs Springfield
Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against New Hampshire.
What stands out worked out from the figures below
Hart's Location has the most affordable homes ($190k median).
Springfield has the most kids (15.1% under 18).
What matters to you?
Pick a few. We’ll pull those rows to the top and mark which town comes out ahead on each. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.
| Measure | Hart's Location | Springfield |
|---|---|---|
| Your priorities | ||
| People | ||
| Population | 49Lowest |
1,122Highest |
| Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census | — | -4% NH: +4.6% |
| Median age | 65±9.1Highest 50% above NH |
51.4±8.8Lowest 19% above NH |
| Hart's Location and Springfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Kids under 18 | 0%±69.3Lowest NH: 18.2% |
15.1%±8Highest NH: 18.2% |
| Springfield and Hart's Location are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Age 65+ | 49%±74.3Highest NH: 20.1% |
19.8%±1.6Lowest NH: 20.1% |
| Hart's Location and Springfield are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ | 0%Lowest NH: 40.6% |
36.4%Highest NH: 40.6% |
| Enrolled in collegeshare of residents | 0%±34.6 NH: 6% |
0%±1.5 NH: 6% |
| Cost of living | ||
| Household incomemedian | $78,182±$73kLowest 21% below NH |
$100,893±$19kHighest about the NH average |
| Springfield and Hart's Location are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| Home valuemedian, owner-occupied | $189,700±$21kLowest 53% below NH |
$384,100±$50kHighest 5% below NH |
| Rentmedian gross, monthly | — | $1,096±$217 26% below NH |
| Property taxmedian, yearly | — | $5,946 11% below NH |
| Renters paying 30%+of income on rent | — | 25.9%±64.8 NH: 48.2% |
| Below poverty line | 0%Lowest NH: 7.2% |
3.4%Highest NH: 7.2% |
| Housing | ||
| Homeownersof occupied homes | 100%Highest NH: 72.8% |
90.7%Lowest NH: 72.8% |
| Typical home builtmedian year | 1974Lowest 5 yrs older than NH |
1985Highest 6 yrs newer than NH |
| Getting to work | ||
| Average commuteone way | — | 34 min 29% above NH |
| Work from home | 3.7%±10.5Lowest NH: 16.8% |
16.7%±11.6Highest NH: 16.8% |
| Springfield and Hart's Location are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher. | ||
| On TownTapestry | ||
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NH average · Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024; 2010 & 2020 decennial census; NCES Common Core of Data. “±” is the Census margin of error. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. School rank compares math and reading proficiency against the state average.

