Best PlacesMelvin Village, NH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Melvin Village, 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.
Melvin Village ranks 3,078th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Melvin Village
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.
Melvin Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Melvin Village ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Melvin Village ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% 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
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Melvin Village
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Melvin Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $109,547; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Melvin Village's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Melvin Village
Melvin Village runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Melvin Village.
Who works in Melvin Village, and how
Work in Melvin Village centers on other services and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Melvin Village
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Melvin Village.
What the weather is like in Melvin Village, month by month
Melvin Village sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Melvin Village
The nearest airport, Portsmouth International at Pease, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 93 miles away.
The best schools in and around Melvin Village
Schools across Melvin Village average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Moultonborough Central SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Tuftonboro Central SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kingswood Regional Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Moultonborough Middle LevelB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Moultonborough AcademyB · 47% proficient
- Kingswood Regional High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Melvin Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Melvin Village 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 Melvin Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Melvin Village
Is Melvin Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Melvin Village ranks 3,078th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, low taxes, and health care access, and lowest on an overheated housing market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Melvin Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $462,683. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $109,547 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Melvin Village safe?
Yes, Melvin Village is safer than 100% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $112 per resident a year.
Compare Melvin Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Melvin Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Melvin Village 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.
Melvin Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Melvin Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Melvin Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Melvin Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Melvin Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Melvin Village 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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