Living in Enfield, NH
Enfield is a small town of 1,994 people in Grafton County, New Hampshire. It's about 58 miles from Manchester, NH and 107 miles from Boston, MA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 29°F, with about 63 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $278k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,994people
$278kTypical home
$1,301/moRent
82° / 29°Summer / winter
63"Snow
203Sunny days
137Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,994
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 773 people per sq mi
- 107 mi to Boston, MA
- 58 mi to Manchester, NH
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $278k (≈$1,752/mo)
- Median rent $1,301/mo
- Median household income $99k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 29°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 60°F)
- 203 sunny days a year (52 totally clear)
- 162 cloudy days a year
- 49 of 90 winter days are gray
- 137 days a year with rain or snow
- 63" of snow a year
- 17 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 41 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (83 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (398 per 100k)
People
- Median age 58
- 14% of households have kids
- 32% are 65 or older
- 34% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 8 mi to LEB airport
- 92 mi to PWM (major hub)
- 9 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 57% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 810 ft
- 80 mi to the ocean
- 34 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 4 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 15 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 108 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- 30 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 25 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 34% of New Hampshire districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 47 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 8 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.