Best PlacesWest Stewartstown, NH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around West Stewartstown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
West Stewartstown ranks 35,082nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in West Stewartstown
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.
West Stewartstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where West Stewartstown ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 86% of towns
Where West Stewartstown ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute36.6 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in West Stewartstown
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median West Stewartstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $57,018; 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 West Stewartstown's effective rate of 1.24%, 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 West Stewartstown
West Stewartstown runs older than the country, 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 West Stewartstown.
Who works in West Stewartstown, and how
Work in West Stewartstown centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in West Stewartstown
West Stewartstown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of West Stewartstown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in West Stewartstown, month by month
West Stewartstown sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 19° | 8° |
| April | 55° | 41° | 28° |
| July | 83° | 68° | 53° |
| October | 62° | 47° | 35° |
Flying in and out of West Stewartstown
The nearest airport, Patrick Leahy Burlington International, is about 88 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 183 miles away.
The best schools in and around West Stewartstown
Schools across West Stewartstown average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Colebrook Academy And Elementary School (e)C− · 28% proficient
- Stewartstown Community SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Stratford Public SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Colebrook Academy And Elementary School (h)C · 34% proficient
- Pittsburg School (high)D+ · 25% proficient
- Groveton High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every West Stewartstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
West Stewartstown 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 West Stewartstown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in West Stewartstown
Is West Stewartstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, West Stewartstown ranks 35,082nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, quiet, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on education levels and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is West Stewartstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,063. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $57,018 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is West Stewartstown safe?
Yes, West Stewartstown is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $183 per resident a year.
Compare West Stewartstown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to West Stewartstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in West Stewartstown 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.
West Stewartstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for West Stewartstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in West Stewartstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of West Stewartstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in West Stewartstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
West Stewartstown 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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