Appreciation Velocity — New Hampshire Cities
Cities of New Hampshire ranked by 1Y / 3Y / 5Y home-price appreciation.
Public Record
Top 10 — 5Y appreciation (Citys)
#1 · Thornton, NH
+967.0%
#2 · Winchester, NH
+646.2%
#3 · Holderness, NH
+460.5%
#4 · Meredith, NH
+409.4%
#5 · Dalton, NH
+400.0%
#6 · Sanbornton, NH
+362.3%
#7 · Rye, NH
+277.3%
#8 · Franklin, NH
+222.0%
#9 · Littleton, NH
+218.1%
#10 · Windham, NH
+217.8%
City ranking — 5Y appreciation (highest first)
| # | City | State | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | Current median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thornton, NH | NH | +9.3% | +89.7% | +967.0% | +789.1% | $711.3K |
| 2 | Winchester, NH | NH | +100.6% | — | +646.2% | +179.5% | $485K |
| 3 | Holderness, NH | NH | +3.3% | +478.4% | +460.5% | +1,135.9% | $723K |
| 4 | Meredith, NH | NH | +93.1% | +61.3% | +409.4% | +849.3% | $1.9M |
| 5 | Dalton, NH | NH | +12.4% | — | +400.0% | — | $500K |
| 6 | Sanbornton, NH | NH | +120.7% | +512.5% | +362.3% | — | $735K |
| 7 | Rye, NH | NH | +100.7% | +104.2% | +277.3% | +12.5% | $3.04M |
| 8 | Franklin, NH | NH | +82.8% | +291.2% | +222.0% | +285.7% | $585K |
| 9 | Littleton, NH | NH | +20.4% | — | +218.1% | +59.2% | $390.3K |
| 10 | Windham, NH | NH | +72.1% | +76.0% | +217.8% | +98.5% | $1.65M |
| 11 | Merrimack, NH | NH | +59.4% | +78.5% | +212.7% | +328.1% | $976.7K |
| 12 | Sandwich, NH | NH | +425.7% | — | +200.0% | +8.0% | $420K |
| 13 | Dover, NH | NH | +23.4% | +38.7% | +193.5% | +259.0% | $875.9K |
| 14 | Hudson, NH | NH | +20.5% | +101.1% | +185.3% | +177.0% | $868K |
| 15 | Somersworth, NH | NH | -26.9% | +70.3% | +184.6% | +87.4% | $391.7K |
| 16 | Swanzey, NH | NH | +36.0% | — | +182.6% | +279.6% | $540K |
| 17 | New Ipswich, NH | NH | +18.4% | +592.5% | +176.5% | +190.4% | $692.5K |
| 18 | Grantham, NH | NH | +7.4% | +250.0% | +165.5% | +29.4% | $385K |
| 19 | Northfield, NH | NH | +27.2% | — | +164.1% | +136.4% | $535K |
| 20 | Belmont, NH | NH | +60.4% | +100.1% | +156.0% | +170.0% | $477K |
| 21 | Manchester, NH | NH | +43.9% | +62.2% | +150.5% | +193.6% | $664.5K |
| 22 | Jaffrey, NH | NH | +30.6% | +25.7% | +146.1% | +221.3% | $578.3K |
| 23 | Groton, NH | NH | -52.0% | +13.0% | +140.0% | — | $192K |
| 24 | Derry, NH | NH | +48.2% | +170.2% | +139.2% | +252.4% | $801.5K |
| 25 | Sugar Hill, NH | NH | +77.5% | — | +126.1% | — | $983.5K |
| 26 | Charlestown, NH | NH | +151.2% | — | +121.3% | +170.1% | $490K |
| 27 | Bristol, NH | NH | +62.7% | +410.7% | +115.9% | — | $715K |
| 28 | Stoddard, NH | NH | -30.4% | +41.0% | +115.3% | +193.4% | $550K |
| 29 | Bennington, NH | NH | +39.2% | — | +110.0% | — | $315K |
| 30 | Bedford, NH | NH | +14.0% | +90.1% | +106.2% | +83.2% | $898.3K |
| 31 | Rindge, NH | NH | +50.5% | +369.7% | +105.8% | +273.8% | $577.8K |
| 32 | Hanover, NH | NH | +70.0% | — | +105.6% | +292.6% | $1.61M |
| 33 | Plaistow, NH | NH | +60.8% | +66.2% | +103.3% | +313.5% | $810K |
| 34 | Amherst, NH | NH | +38.8% | — | +96.3% | +295.2% | $965K |
| 35 | Rochester, NH | NH | +28.7% | +215.6% | +95.4% | +245.7% | $453.6K |
| 36 | Gilford, NH | NH | -23.3% | — | +93.4% | +162.4% | $549.3K |
| 37 | Claremont, NH | NH | -14.9% | +117.6% | +89.8% | +197.5% | $308.7K |
| 38 | Hillsborough, NH | NH | +43.8% | +84.7% | +86.3% | +97.4% | $387.5K |
| 39 | Hampton, NH | NH | -11.4% | -16.8% | +85.7% | +170.3% | $662.6K |
| 40 | Peterborough, NH | NH | -57.6% | -21.6% | +83.5% | +233.4% | $428K |
| 41 | Berlin, NH | NH | +9.3% | +33.6% | +81.6% | +413.2% | $209.3K |
| 42 | Alton, NH | NH | -53.0% | — | +77.4% | +7.2% | $550K |
| 43 | Canterbury, NH | NH | -23.2% | — | +74.1% | +44.8% | $457K |
| 44 | East Wakefield, NH | NH | — | — | +74.1% | — | $470K |
| 45 | Portsmouth, NH | NH | -22.8% | -2.7% | +72.9% | +178.3% | $1.02M |
| 46 | Atkinson, NH | NH | +19.3% | -10.5% | +68.0% | +97.7% | $962.5K |
| 47 | New Durham, NH | NH | +334.7% | -27.0% | +66.7% | +148.1% | $500K |
| 48 | Lebanon, NH | NH | -1.9% | +66.0% | +66.4% | +106.5% | $511.7K |
| 49 | Concord, NH | NH | -29.1% | +40.2% | +65.9% | +57.9% | $340.5K |
| 50 | Chichester, NH | NH | +22.8% | -1.7% | +65.9% | — | $598K |
| 51 | Laconia, NH | NH | -9.5% | -20.0% | +65.2% | +123.1% | $451K |
| 52 | Gilmanton, NH | NH | +42.5% | — | +56.3% | +112.7% | $465K |
| 53 | Bartlett, NH | NH | -35.4% | — | +50.4% | +85.8% | $473.8K |
| 54 | Bow, NH | NH | +1.6% | +322.9% | +48.1% | +61.2% | $592K |
| 55 | Northwood, NH | NH | -34.7% | -23.6% | +48.0% | +58.5% | $383K |
| 56 | Dunbarton, NH | NH | — | — | +47.0% | +111.3% | $845K |
| 57 | Hooksett, NH | NH | +5.1% | -17.6% | +41.0% | +49.5% | $492.5K |
| 58 | Salem, NH | NH | -12.0% | +35.0% | +37.4% | +107.2% | $645K |
| 59 | Conway, NH | NH | +11.1% | -1.9% | +36.3% | +204.6% | $534.5K |
| 60 | Warren, NH | NH | +167.1% | +32.2% | +36.3% | +216.4% | $443K |
| 61 | Hancock, NH | NH | -1.3% | — | +33.6% | +167.5% | $789K |
| 62 | Moultonborough, NH | NH | +14.4% | -4.4% | +32.8% | +96.0% | $1.49M |
| 63 | Milford, NH | NH | +24.2% | +52.5% | +32.0% | +192.2% | $610K |
| 64 | Plymouth, NH | NH | +51.4% | +280.0% | +29.9% | — | $380K |
| 65 | Raymond, NH | NH | +1.0% | +0.5% | +27.5% | +126.4% | $477.1K |
| 66 | New Hampton, NH | NH | +2.5% | +208.3% | +26.9% | +209.4% | $495K |
| 67 | Colebrook, NH | NH | -26.2% | — | +25.5% | +104.8% | $215K |
| 68 | Hampstead, NH | NH | +195.1% | -2.8% | +22.4% | +202.9% | $875K |
| 69 | Gilsum, NH | NH | -29.8% | — | +22.3% | — | $379K |
| 70 | Auburn, NH | NH | -4.9% | +19.9% | +19.0% | +123.9% | $757.5K |
| 71 | Brentwood, NH | NH | -2.2% | +27.1% | +15.7% | — | $762.5K |
| 72 | Wilton, NH | NH | -67.5% | — | +13.6% | +8.7% | $375K |
| 73 | Center Tuftonboro, NH | NH | — | — | +10.0% | — | $385K |
| 74 | Strafford, NH | NH | -14.2% | — | +7.7% | — | $515K |
| 75 | Wilmot, NH | NH | +113.5% | — | +6.8% | +202.0% | $377.5K |
| 76 | Epping, NH | NH | -31.2% | — | +6.0% | +66.8% | $424.7K |
| 77 | Antrim, NH | NH | +85.7% | -29.5% | +4.0% | +105.2% | $260K |
| 78 | Keene, NH | NH | -11.4% | +12.9% | +2.8% | +93.4% | $309.5K |
| 79 | Barnstead, NH | NH | -8.0% | — | +2.0% | +109.9% | $284.9K |
| 80 | Pelham, NH | NH | -19.0% | -16.8% | +1.6% | +50.1% | $620K |
| 81 | Ashland, NH | NH | -40.2% | -20.4% | -1.1% | +204.7% | $195K |
| 82 | Jackson, NH | NH | -64.5% | — | -2.3% | +35.9% | $217.5K |
| 83 | Gorham, NH | NH | +78.3% | +215.4% | -6.4% | — | $205K |
| 84 | Exeter, NH | NH | -48.1% | -20.8% | -16.0% | -0.9% | $335K |
| 85 | Farmington, NH | NH | +57.4% | +46.3% | -19.2% | +157.9% | $446.2K |
| 86 | Allenstown, NH | NH | -40.1% | -18.5% | -19.8% | +83.5% | $290K |
| 87 | Barrington, NH | NH | -56.5% | 0.0% | -31.3% | -31.0% | $200K |
| 88 | Nashua, NH | NH | +25.5% | +21.1% | -32.9% | +108.8% | $601.9K |
| 89 | Epsom, NH | NH | -28.6% | — | -33.0% | +94.3% | $375K |
| 90 | Unity, NH | NH | -80.0% | — | -37.5% | -41.2% | $100K |
| 91 | Goffstown, NH | NH | -50.4% | -2.2% | -39.2% | -21.0% | $225K |
| 92 | Brookfield, NH | NH | -4.5% | — | -40.2% | — | $375K |
| 93 | Londonderry, NH | NH | -22.3% | -32.3% | -59.2% | +55.8% | $444.3K |
| 94 | Wolfeboro, NH | NH | -87.6% | -73.1% | -84.5% | -64.1% | $125K |
How to read these numbers
Velocity vs. level
A market with 25% one-year appreciation is moving fast — but a market with steady 6% over ten years has compounded much further. Use 10Y as the long-run signal, 1Y as the momentum signal.
Mean-reversion risk
Markets that posted huge 1Y and 3Y gains often cool over the next cycle. Compare 1Y to 5Y: if 1Y is far above 5Y, the trend is accelerating; if far below, it is decelerating — often the more important signal.
Sample sanity
We require a minimum current median price (default $50K) to filter out tiny ZIPs with noisy data. Raise that threshold for serious investment markets; lower it to find emerging niches. Source: public record.