Windham is #1 in New Hampshire for household income
Windham is ranked on 38 lists against the 126 New Hampshire towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 9 and the top quarter on 17.
Windham is on New Hampshire’s podium 5 times
Each list ranks every NH town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Windham marked.
Windham out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
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.
More kids than 99% of New Hampshire
Not better or worse, just Windham’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for growth
Lists where Windham sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Windham lands in the top half on 18 of 24 lists
Each dot is Windham’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NH, the right end is last. Areas where Windham does best come first.
Where Windham 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
#2
Lowest obesity#1 Hanover · 21%
#13
Fewest smokers#1 New London · 6%
#3
Most active#1 Hanover · 14%
#2
Fewest uninsured#1 Stratham · 4%
#1
Lowest depression#1 Bedford · 20%
#6
Closest to a top hospital#1 Nashua · 0.5 mi
#17 
People
Most educated#1 Hanover · 88.2%
#8
Youngest#1 Durham · 20.8
#26
Oldest#1 Moultonborough · 58.3
#101
Most residents 65+#1 New London · 37.5%
#114
Most kids#1 New Ipswich · 29.9%
#2 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Gilford · 11.3 per resident
#49
Most library borrowing#1 Hanover · 18.8 per resident
#16
Best libraries for kids#1 Sunapee · 45.4 per child
#13 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Bartlett · 66.5%
#118
Most trails#1 Exeter · 3.1 mi / sq mi
#19
Most walkable#1 Nashua · 91.8 / sq mi
#21 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Bartlett · 62%
#71
Most new homes#1 Tuftonboro · 15.3 per 1,000
#76
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Walpole · +101.6%
#81
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Grantham · 8.6 per home
#9 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lebanon · 14 min
#91 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Berlin · 1.3 yrs
#124
Cheapest rent#1 New Hampton · $749/mo
#121
Lowest property tax#1 Bartlett · $2,512/yr
#121
Rent easiest to afford#1 Peterborough · 29.2%
Climate
Snowiest#1 Bartlett · 136 in
#47
Least snow#1 Dover · 39 in
#77
Mildest winters#1 Seabrook · 17.6°
#15
Hottest summers#1 Litchfield · 84.0°
#14
Coolest summers#1 Bartlett · 76.8°
#114
Longest growing season#1 Laconia · 170 days
#45
Wettest#1 Bartlett · 60 in
#86 Safety
Safest#1 Deerfield · 2.1
The number on the right is Windham’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.