Best PlacesWolfeboro, NH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wolfeboro, 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.
Wolfeboro ranks 5,395th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wolfeboro
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.
Wolfeboro's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wolfeboro ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
Where Wolfeboro ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% 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 Wolfeboro
A household needs to earn about $140,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wolfeboro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $99,108, 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 Wolfeboro's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Wolfeboro
Wolfeboro 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 Wolfeboro.
Who works in Wolfeboro, and how
Work in Wolfeboro centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Wolfeboro
Wolfeboro has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Wolfeboro and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wolfeboro, month by month
Wolfeboro 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 Wolfeboro
The nearest airport, Portsmouth International at Pease, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Edward Lawrence Logan International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wolfeboro
Schools across Wolfeboro average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carpenter Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Tuftonboro Central SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Ossipee Central SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kingswood Regional Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Crescent Lake SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Kingswood Regional High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wolfeboro school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wolfeboro 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 Wolfeboro against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wolfeboro
Is Wolfeboro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wolfeboro ranks 5,395th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, health care access, and civic engagement, 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 Wolfeboro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $533,565. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $99,108 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Wolfeboro safe?
Yes, Wolfeboro is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $253 per resident a year.
Compare Wolfeboro with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wolfeboro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wolfeboro 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.
Wolfeboro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wolfeboro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wolfeboro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wolfeboro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wolfeboro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wolfeboro 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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