Best PlacesEast Unity, NH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Unity, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
East Unity ranks 8,406th 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 East Unity
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.
East Unity's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Unity ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
Where East Unity ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,277 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Unity
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Unity home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,327, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 East Unity's effective rate of 1.84%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East Unity
East Unity runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Unity.
Who works in East Unity, and how
Work in East Unity centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in East Unity
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Unity.
What the weather is like in East Unity, month by month
East Unity sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 59° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 71° | 58° |
| October | 64° | 50° | 39° |
Flying in and out of East Unity
The nearest airport, Lebanon Municipal, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 89 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Unity
Schools across East Unity average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Unity Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Lempster Community SchoolD · 17% proficient
- Richards Elementary SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Newport Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Stevens High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Newport Middle High School (high)C · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Unity school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Unity 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 East Unity against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in East Unity
Is East Unity a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Unity ranks 8,406th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, low crime, and tree cover, and lowest on an overheated housing market and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Unity expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $288,601. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $97,327 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is East Unity safe?
Yes, East Unity is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $137 per resident a year.
Compare East Unity with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Unity. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Unity 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.
East Unity detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Unity: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Unity: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Unity: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Unity: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Unity 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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