Living in Country around North Woodstock, NH
Country around North Woodstock is a rural area of about 1,142 people in Grafton County, New Hampshire, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 71 miles from Manchester, NH and 120 miles from Boston, MA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 76°F and winter highs 25°F, with about 70 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $320k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,142people
$320kTypical home
$1,076/moRent
76° / 25°Summer / winter
70"Snow
185Sunny days
144Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 1,142 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 20 people per sq mi
- 120 mi to Boston, MA
- 71 mi to Manchester, NH
- 31 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $320k (≈$2,017/mo)
- Median rent $1,076/mo
- Median household income $86k
- Property tax about 1.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 76°F
- Winter highs around 25°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 58°F)
- 185 sunny days a year (42 totally clear)
- 180 cloudy days a year
- 53 of 90 winter days are gray
- 144 days a year with rain or snow
- 70" of snow a year
- 24 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 45 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (68 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (640 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 51
- 20% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 46% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 39 mi to LEB airport
- 74 mi to PWM (major hub)
- 39 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 61% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1983
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,768 ft
- 75 mi to the ocean
- 24 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 4 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 99 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 23 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 17 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 29 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 50% of New Hampshire districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 69 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 14 mi to the nearest vet
- 20 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 17 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grafton County: D+20 in 2024
- New Hampshire: D+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk