Best PlacesChocorua, NH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Chocorua, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Chocorua ranks 16,605th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Chocorua
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Chocorua's strengths and weaknesses
Where Chocorua ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of towns
Where Chocorua ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,231 a month, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Chocorua
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Chocorua home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $76,845, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Chocorua's effective rate of 0.96%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Chocorua
Chocorua runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Chocorua.
Who works in Chocorua, and how
Work in Chocorua centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Chocorua
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Chocorua.
What the weather is like in Chocorua, month by month
Chocorua sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 22° | 10° |
| April | 58° | 44° | 30° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 57° |
| October | 64° | 49° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Chocorua
The nearest airport, Portland International Jetport, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 104 miles away.
The best schools in and around Chocorua
Schools across Chocorua average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Madison Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Kenneth A. Brett SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Moultonborough AcademyB · 47% proficient
- Kennett High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Chocorua school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Chocorua measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Chocorua against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Chocorua
Is Chocorua a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Chocorua ranks 16,605th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, health care access, and clean air, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Chocorua expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $370,968. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $76,845 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Chocorua safe?
Yes, Chocorua is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $258 per resident a year.
Compare Chocorua with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Chocorua. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Chocorua represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Chocorua detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Chocorua: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Chocorua: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Chocorua: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Chocorua: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Chocorua detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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