Best PlacesSomersworth, NH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Somersworth, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Somersworth ranks 13,547th 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 Somersworth
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.
Somersworth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Somersworth ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
Where Somersworth ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,297 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Somersworth
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Somersworth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $80,534, 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 Somersworth's effective rate of 2.03%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Somersworth
Somersworth's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Somersworth.
Who works in Somersworth, and how
Work in Somersworth centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Somersworth
Somersworth has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns and more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. The coast is about 23 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Somersworth and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Somersworth, month by month
Somersworth sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 18° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 35° |
| July | 87° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Somersworth
The nearest airport, Portsmouth International at Pease, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 62 miles away.
The best schools in and around Somersworth
Schools across Somersworth average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Vivian E Hussey SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Frances G. Hopkins Elementary School At Horne StreetB− · 40% proficient
- Rollinsford Grade SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Somersworth Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Rochester Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Somersworth High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Somersworth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Somersworth 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 Somersworth against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Somersworth
Is Somersworth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Somersworth ranks 13,547th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, walkability, and biking, 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 Somersworth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $319,076. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $80,534 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Somersworth safe?
Yes, Somersworth is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $207 per resident a year.
Compare Somersworth with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Somersworth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Somersworth 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.
Somersworth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Somersworth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Somersworth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Somersworth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Somersworth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Somersworth 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.