Plainfield makes New Hampshire’s top 10 on 2 lists
Plainfield is ranked on 36 lists against the 126 New Hampshire towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 7.
Drier than 95% of New Hampshire
Not better or worse, just Plainfield’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Plainfield does best on
Each list ranks every NH town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Plainfield marked.
3 spots from the top 25 for fewest smokers
Lists where Plainfield sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Plainfield lands in the top half on 17 of 24 lists
Each dot is Plainfield’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NH, the right end is last. Areas where Plainfield does best come first.
Plainfield out-ranks 0 of its 3 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 Plainfield 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.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lebanon · 14 min
#15 Health
Healthiest#1 Hanover · 99 / 100
#32
Lowest obesity#1 Hanover · 21%
#38
Fewest smokers#1 New London · 6%
#28
Most active#1 Hanover · 14%
#35
Fewest uninsured#1 Stratham · 4%
#7
Lowest depression#1 Bedford · 20%
#44
Closest to a top hospital#1 Nashua · 0.5 mi
#32 
Safety
Safest#1 Deerfield · 2.1
#24 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Gilford · 11.3 per resident
#55
Most library borrowing#1 Hanover · 18.8 per resident
#7
Best libraries for kids#1 Sunapee · 45.4 per child
#52 People
Most educated#1 Hanover · 88.2%
#34
Youngest#1 Durham · 20.8
#18
Oldest#1 Moultonborough · 58.3
#110
Most residents 65+#1 New London · 37.5%
#68
Most kids#1 New Ipswich · 29.9%
#12 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Bartlett · 66.5%
#82
Most trails#1 Exeter · 3.1 mi / sq mi
#40
Most walkable#1 Nashua · 91.8 / sq mi
#125 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Bartlett · 62%
#39
Most new homes#1 Tuftonboro · 15.3 per 1,000
#69
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Walpole · +101.6%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Grantham · 8.6 per home
The number on the right is Plainfield’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.