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Mount Tabor vs Hanover vs Weston

Cost, people, housing, commute and schools, side by side, each benchmarked against the U.S..

What stands out worked out from the figures below

Mount Tabor has the most affordable homes ($421k median).
Hanover has the most expensive homes ($825k median).
Weston has the most people working from home (31.2%).
Hanover is a college town. 36.9% of residents are enrolled in college, which pulls its median age, poverty rate and renter figures away from what a year-round family would see.

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.

MeasureMount TaborHanoverWeston
People
Population
304Lowest
11,685Highest
685
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census —
+5.4%Lowest
U.S.: +7.4%
+10.1%Highest
U.S.: +7.4%
Median age
57.8±10.6
49% above U.S.
28.7±5.1Lowest
26% below U.S.
60.5±7Highest
56% above U.S.
Weston and Mount Tabor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18
10.2%±6.1Lowest
U.S.: 22%
14.4%±2.4
U.S.: 22%
15.2%±4.2Highest
U.S.: 22%
Weston and Hanover are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+
42.4%±18.1
U.S.: 17.2%
19.7%±2.8Lowest
U.S.: 17.2%
44.2%±2.8Highest
U.S.: 17.2%
Weston and Mount Tabor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+
34.9%Lowest
U.S.: 35.7%
88.2%Highest
U.S.: 35.7%
66.7%
U.S.: 35.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents
1.6%±4
U.S.: 6.4%
36.9%±2.4Highest
U.S.: 6.4%
1.2%±1.9Lowest
U.S.: 6.4%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian —
$169,583±$36kHighest
110% above U.S.
$115,000±$20kLowest
42% above U.S.
Hanover and Weston are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied
$420,500±$76kLowest
26% above U.S.
$824,900±$61kHighest
148% above U.S.
$537,700±$77k
62% above U.S.
Rentmedian gross, monthly
$2,143±$367
52% above U.S.
$2,253±$217Highest
59% above U.S.
$1,375±$729Lowest
about the U.S. average
Hanover and Mount Tabor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly
$5,233Lowest
68% above U.S.
$10,000+Highest
at least 221% above U.S.
$7,076
127% above U.S.
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent
0%±100Lowest
U.S.: 51.1%
66.4%±17.5Highest
U.S.: 51.1%
33.3%±100
U.S.: 51.1%
Hanover and Weston are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line
11%Highest
U.S.: 12.5%
5.6%
U.S.: 12.5%
4.3%Lowest
U.S.: 12.5%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes
92.3%Highest
U.S.: 65.2%
73.7%Lowest
U.S.: 65.2%
91.4%
U.S.: 65.2%
Typical home builtmedian year
1946Lowest
34 yrs older than U.S.
1976Highest
4 yrs older than U.S.
1969
11 yrs older than U.S.
Getting to work
Average commuteone way
46 minHighest
72% above U.S.
20 minLowest
26% below U.S.
24 min
9% below U.S.
Work from home
10.4%±8.7Lowest
U.S.: 15.1%
26.4%±5
U.S.: 15.1%
31.2%±7.8Highest
U.S.: 15.1%
Weston and Hanover are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading — #1 of 120 in NH —
School district — Dresden School District · Hanover School District —
High school in town — Hanover High School —
Students per teacherat that high school —
10.7
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U.S. 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.