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Country around Pittsburg is a rural area of about 1,054 people in Coos County, New Hampshire, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 89 miles from Lewiston, ME and 192 miles from Boston, MA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 74°F and winter highs 22°F, with about 142 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $280k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,054people
$280kTypical home
$1,042/moRent
74° / 22°Summer / winter
142"Snow
183Sunny days
185Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 1,054 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 3 people per sq mi
- 192 mi to Boston, MA
- 89 mi to Lewiston, ME
- 87 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $280k (≈$1,763/mo)
- Median rent $1,042/mo
- Median household income $61k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 74°F
- Winter highs around 22°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 56°F)
- 183 sunny days a year (44 totally clear)
- 182 cloudy days a year
- 54 of 90 winter days are gray
- 185 days a year with rain or snow
- 142" of snow a year
- 52 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 78 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (208 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (851 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 62
- 14% of households have kids
- 37% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 90 mi to AUG airport
- 112 mi to PWM (major hub)
- 89 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1985
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,818 ft
- 102 mi to the ocean
- 83 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 18 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 10 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
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 62 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 11% of New Hampshire districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 16 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 89 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 44 mi to the nearest vet
- 59 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 48 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