Best PlacesGuild, NH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Guild, 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.
Guild ranks 19,670th 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 Guild
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.
Guild's strengths and weaknesses
Where Guild ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 89% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 86% of towns
Where Guild ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,277 a month, better than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Guild
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Guild home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,693, 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 Guild's effective rate of 1.85%, 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 Guild
Guild'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 Guild.
Who works in Guild, and how
Work in Guild centers on manufacturing and information. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Guild
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Guild.
What the weather is like in Guild, month by month
Guild sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 24° | 14° |
| April | 60° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 87° | 72° | 59° |
| October | 65° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Guild
The nearest airport, Lebanon Municipal, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Guild
Schools across Guild average a C, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grantham Village SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Plainfield Elementary SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Sunapee Central SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sunapee Middle High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Newport Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Sunapee Sr. High SchoolA− · 63% 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 Guild school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Guild 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 Guild against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Guild
Is Guild a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Guild ranks 19,670th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, tree cover, and clean air, 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 Guild expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $299,660. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $90,693 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Guild safe?
Yes, Guild is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $242 per resident a year.
Compare Guild with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Guild. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Guild 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.
Guild detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Guild: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Guild: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Guild: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Guild: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Guild 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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