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Colebrook is a small town of 1,268 people in Coos County, New Hampshire. It's about 86 miles from Lewiston, ME and 178 miles from Boston, MA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 77°F and winter highs 24°F, with about 86 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $157k and rent runs about $750 a month.
1,268people
$157kTypical home
$750/moRent
77° / 24°Summer / winter
86"Snow
185Sunny days
147Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,268
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 484 people per sq mi
- 178 mi to Boston, MA
- 86 mi to Lewiston, ME
- 83 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $157k (≈$988/mo)
- Median rent $750/mo
- Median household income $47k
- Property tax about 2.2% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 77°F
- Winter highs around 24°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 56°F)
- 185 sunny days a year (42 totally clear)
- 180 cloudy days a year
- 53 of 90 winter days are gray
- 147 days a year with rain or snow
- 86" of snow a year
- 32 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 69 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (174 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (805 per 100k)
People
- Median age 53
- 16% of households have kids
- 27% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 9% walk or take transit to work
- 87 mi to BTV airport
- 104 mi to PWM (major hub)
- 70 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 45% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1953
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 1,014 ft
- 102 mi to the ocean
- 78 mi to a big lake
- 13 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 9 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 8 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 51 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 18% of New Hampshire districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 80 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 28 mi to the nearest vet
- 40 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 35 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Coos County: R+14 in 2024
- New Hampshire: D+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk