A typical Roxbury home is worth roughly $323,000
Home prices around Roxbury have risen about 62% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Roxbury?
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What it takes to buy in Roxbury
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That covers a typical Roxbury home, with $26K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,020 a month here, $120 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the New Hampshire typical property tax (1.66% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
1 of Roxbury’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Roxbury’s homes were built before 1969.
New Hampshire: 73% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
Home prices up 62% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Roxbury rose 62% over the past 5 years, slower than across New Hampshire (66%). Last year prices rose 5.1%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Roxbury, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,020
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Cheshire County, NH): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Roxbury in 2025. The last year with any was 2009 (1 new home).
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $179,000 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $131,000 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Roxbury's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Roxbury vs. its neighbors
Roxbury is the least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxbury | $323K* | +5.1%† | $2,020 | 0 | $69,226 |
| Keene | $359K | +4% | $1,990 | 3 | $78,445 |
| Harrisville | $529K | +1.4% | $2,260 | 3 | $103,036 |
| Marlborough | $377K | +2.7% | $2,010 | 11 | $69,032 |
| Nelson | $477K | +0.4% | $2,080 | 2 | $99,792 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Roxbury buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.