Dover makes New Hampshire’s top 10 on 2 lists
Dover is ranked on 40 lists against the 126 New Hampshire towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 8.
The lists Dover does best on
Each list ranks every NH town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Dover marked.
3 spots from the top 3 for a top hospital nearby
Lists where Dover sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Dover lands in the top half on 16 of 26 lists
Each dot is Dover’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NH, the right end is last. Areas where Dover does best come first.
Younger than 94% of New Hampshire
Not better or worse, just Dover’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Dover out-ranks 4 of its 5 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Dover lands in every NH ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Hanover · 99 / 100
#33
Lowest obesity#1 Hanover · 21%
#57
Fewest smokers#1 New London · 6%
#28
Most active#1 Hanover · 14%
#20
Fewest uninsured#1 Stratham · 4%
#34
Lowest depression#1 Bedford · 20%
#111
Closest to a top hospital#1 Nashua · 0.5 mi
#6 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Bartlett · 62%
#98
Most new homes#1 Tuftonboro · 15.3 per 1,000
#19
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Walpole · +101.6%
#44
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Grantham · 8.6 per home
#35 People
Most educated#1 Hanover · 88.2%
#22
Youngest#1 Durham · 20.8
#7
Oldest#1 Moultonborough · 58.3
#119
Most residents 65+#1 New London · 37.5%
#99
Most kids#1 New Ipswich · 29.9%
#87 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lebanon · 14 min
#23 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Bartlett · 66.5%
#45
Most trails#1 Exeter · 3.1 mi / sq mi
#68
Most walkable#1 Nashua · 91.8 / sq mi
#7 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Gilford · 11.3 per resident
#43
Most library borrowing#1 Hanover · 18.8 per resident
#40
Best libraries for kids#1 Sunapee · 45.4 per child
#42 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Berlin · 1.3 yrs
#79
Cheapest rent#1 New Hampton · $749/mo
#84
Lowest property tax#1 Bartlett · $2,512/yr
#102
Rent easiest to afford#1 Peterborough · 29.2%
#13 
Safety
Safest#1 Deerfield · 2.1
#61 
The number on the right is Dover’s spot. All of New Hampshire’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every NH list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.