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Lancaster is a small town of 2,230 people in Coos County, New Hampshire. It's about 75 miles from Lewiston, ME and 151 miles from Boston, MA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 25°F, with about 77 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $201k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,230people
$201kTypical home
$1,036/moRent
80° / 25°Summer / winter
77"Snow
185Sunny days
159Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,230
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 749 people per sq mi
- 151 mi to Boston, MA
- 75 mi to Lewiston, ME
- 63 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $201k (≈$1,264/mo)
- Median rent $1,036/mo
- Median household income $67k
- Property tax about 2.1% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 25°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 57°F)
- 185 sunny days a year (42 totally clear)
- 180 cloudy days a year
- 53 of 90 winter days are gray
- 159 days a year with rain or snow
- 77" of snow a year
- 25 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 64 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (156 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (423 per 100k)
People
- Median age 39
- 32% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 70 mi to LEB airport
- 86 mi to PWM (major hub)
- 54 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 63% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 879 ft
- 86 mi to the ocean
- 53 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 17 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 8 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 40 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- 7 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 17 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 39 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 14% of New Hampshire districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 75 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 44 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