Best PlacesPlymouth, NH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Plymouth, 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.
Plymouth ranks 9,604th 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 Plymouth
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.
Plymouth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Plymouth ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
Where Plymouth ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,270 a month, better than only 12% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Plymouth
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Plymouth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $71,260, 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 Plymouth's effective rate of 1.72%, 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 Plymouth
Plymouth runs younger 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 Plymouth.
Who works in Plymouth, and how
Work in Plymouth centers on education and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Plymouth
Plymouth has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of towns and more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Plymouth and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Plymouth, month by month
Plymouth sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 23° | 13° |
| April | 57° | 43° | 32° |
| July | 84° | 69° | 57° |
| October | 63° | 49° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Plymouth
The nearest airport, Lebanon Municipal, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Plymouth
Schools across Plymouth average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Holderness Central SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Mountain Village Charter SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Plymouth Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Newfound Memorial Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Plymouth Regional High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Newfound Regional High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Plymouth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Plymouth 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 Plymouth against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Plymouth
Is Plymouth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Plymouth ranks 9,604th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, population health, and an educated workforce, and lowest on property taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Plymouth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $307,440. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $71,260 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Plymouth safe?
Yes, Plymouth is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
Compare Plymouth with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Plymouth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Plymouth 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.
Plymouth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Plymouth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Plymouth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Plymouth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Plymouth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Plymouth 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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