Best PlacesGerrish, NH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gerrish, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Gerrish ranks 11,433rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gerrish
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.
Gerrish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gerrish ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 89% of towns
Where Gerrish ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,283 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gerrish
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gerrish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $84,651, 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 Gerrish's effective rate of 2.05%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gerrish
Gerrish 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 Gerrish.
Who works in Gerrish, and how
Work in Gerrish centers on other services and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Gerrish
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gerrish.
What the weather is like in Gerrish, month by month
Gerrish sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 26° | 16° |
| April | 61° | 46° | 33° |
| July | 87° | 73° | 59° |
| October | 66° | 51° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Gerrish
The nearest airport, Manchester Boston Regional, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gerrish
Schools across Gerrish average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Canterbury Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Boscawen Elementary SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Salisbury Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Belmont Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Winnisquam Regional Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Merrimack Valley Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Belmont High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Winnisquam Regional High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Merrimack Valley High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gerrish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gerrish 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 Gerrish against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gerrish
Is Gerrish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gerrish ranks 11,433rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, low crime, and few empty homes, and lowest on property taxes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gerrish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $346,872. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $84,651 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Gerrish safe?
Yes, Gerrish is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $130 per resident a year.
Compare Gerrish with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gerrish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gerrish 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.
Gerrish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gerrish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gerrish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gerrish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gerrish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gerrish 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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