NEW HAMPSHIRE PROPERTY TAX · 2026
New Hampshire property tax calculator
New Hampshire's effective property tax rate is 1.503%: owner-occupiers paid a median $6,667 a year on homes with a median value of $402,500. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $4,509.00 a year.
Property tax estimate
- Property tax a year
- $4,509.00
- A month
- $375.75
- Rate
- 1.503%, statewide
New Hampshire property tax by county
| County | Effective rate | Median tax | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belknap County | 1.213% | $4,924 | $374,900 |
| Carroll County | 0.872% | $3,848 | $388,900 |
| Cheshire County | 1.873% | $6,048 | $280,100 |
| Coos County | 1.642% | $3,579 | $188,900 |
| Grafton County | 1.522% | $5,925 | $344,500 |
| Hillsborough County | 1.619% | $6,999 | $421,100 |
| Merrimack County | 1.802% | $6,783 | $367,600 |
| Rockingham County | 1.341% | $7,839 | $497,500 |
| Strafford County | 1.757% | $6,708 | $362,800 |
| Sullivan County | 1.768% | $5,756 | $268,700 |
New Hampshire homestead exemption
- New Hampshire has no statewide homestead exemption amount; each town sets its own elderly exemption and income limits.
This is the property tax homestead exemption, not the homestead exemption that protects a home from creditors in bankruptcy.
New Hampshire property tax questions
How much is property tax in New Hampshire?
New Hampshire's effective property tax rate is 1.503%: owner-occupiers paid a median $6,667 a year on homes with a median value of $402,500. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $4,509.00 a year.
Which county in New Hampshire has the highest property tax?
Cheshire County, with an effective rate of 1.873%; Carroll County has the lowest, at 0.872%. On a $300,000 home that is $5,619.00 a year in Cheshire County and $2,616.00 in Carroll County.
Does New Hampshire have a homestead exemption?
New Hampshire has no statewide homestead exemption amount; each town sets its own elderly exemption and income limits. The calculator does not subtract it: the rates already reflect the exemptions owners received.
Why might a New Hampshire tax bill differ from this estimate?
The rate is what owner-occupiers in New Hampshire paid on average in 2020 through 2024, as a share of their homes' value. An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.
What the calculator leaves out
- The rate is the total real estate tax owner-occupiers reported paying divided by the total value they reported for their homes, not a tax rate set by law.
- The rate already reflects the exemptions, caps and credits typical owner-occupiers received, so the calculator does not subtract a homestead exemption again.
- An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.
- Survey estimates for small counties have wide margins of error.
Rates and medians are American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates: taxes owners paid in those years, not 2026 bills.
Sources
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25090: aggregate real estate taxes paid
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25082: aggregate value of owner-occupied homes
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25103: median real estate taxes paid
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25077: median home value
- New Hampshire RSA 72:39-a