Best PlacesGoffstown, NH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Goffstown, 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.
Goffstown ranks 1,170th 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 Goffstown
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.
Goffstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Goffstown ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$123,767 median, better than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of towns
Where Goffstown ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,341 a month, better than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Goffstown
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Goffstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $123,767, 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 Goffstown's effective rate of 1.80%, 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 Goffstown
Goffstown's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Goffstown.
Who works in Goffstown, and how
Work in Goffstown centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Goffstown
Goffstown has more parkland per resident than 84% of towns. The coast is about 47 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Goffstown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Goffstown, month by month
Goffstown sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 67° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Goffstown
The nearest airport, Manchester Boston Regional, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 53 miles away.
The best schools in and around Goffstown
Schools across Goffstown average a B+, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Riddle Brook SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Maple Avenue SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- New Boston Central SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ross A. Lurgio Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Bow Memorial SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Mountain View Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Bedford High SchoolA− · 66% proficient
- Goffstown High SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Bow High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Goffstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Goffstown 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 Goffstown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Goffstown
Is Goffstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Goffstown ranks 1,170th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, low crime, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Goffstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $380,780. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $123,767 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Goffstown safe?
Yes, Goffstown is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $143 per resident a year.
Compare Goffstown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Goffstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Goffstown 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.
Goffstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Goffstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Goffstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Goffstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Goffstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Goffstown 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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