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About Concord
Capital city of New Hampshire, United StatesConcord () is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2020 United States census the population was 43,976, making it the 3rd most populous city in New Hampshire after Manchester and Nashua. The area was first settled by Europeans in 1659. On January 17, 1725, the Province of Massachusetts Bay granted the Concord area as the Plantation of Penacook, and it was incorporated on February 9, 1734, as the Town of Rumford. Governor Benning Wentworth gave the city its current name in 1765 following a boundary dispute with the neighboring town of Bow; the name was meant to signify the new harmony between the two towns. In 1808, Concord was named…
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Housing in Concord
The typical Concord home is worth about $455,000, up 2.7% in a year, 12% below the New Hampshire typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Concord
Safety Grade B-
Concord reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 52% report less.
Schools in Concord
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The public schools Concord’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 69% of New Hampshire’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NH. Ratings are from neighbors.
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