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Winchester is a small town of 1,306 people in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. It's about 29 miles from Amherst Town, MA and 72 miles from Hartford, CT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 63 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $218k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,306people
$218kTypical home
$1,150/moRent
83° / 32°Summer / winter
63"Snow
224Sunny days
117Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,306
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 439 people per sq mi
- 72 mi to Hartford, CT
- 29 mi to Amherst Town, MA
- 13 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $218k (≈$1,373/mo)
- Median rent $1,150/mo
- Median household income $81k
- Property tax about 2.0% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 224 sunny days a year (66 totally clear)
- 141 cloudy days a year
- 42 of 90 winter days are gray
- 117 days a year with rain or snow
- 63" of snow a year
- 16 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 36 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (156 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,112 per 100k)
People
- Median age 48
- 18% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 44 mi to ORH airport
- 60 mi to BDL (major hub)
- 10 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 56% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 476 ft
- 74 mi to the ocean
- 75 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 16 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 15 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 181 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 7 bars within 25 mi
- 44 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 34 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 1% of New Hampshire districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 14 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 18 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 11 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cheshire County: D+10 in 2024
- New Hampshire: D+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk