Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Auburn is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 8th of 125 graded towns in New Hampshire. The median household earns $153K, crime is low: it reports less per resident than 96% of U.S. towns, and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 94% of the country. Its lowest mark, a C, is in cost of living. 28% of the land in Auburn is conserved, against 18% in New Hampshire’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. No town in New Hampshire scores lower than Auburn on history. The biggest place to walk is Manchester Waterworks, 3,874 acres with 43.3 miles of trail.
Where Auburn beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Auburn | NH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.8% | 8.9% |
Its founding year, 1624, comes before those of 98% of the New Hampshire towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 869 in 1840, 5,946 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1920 and 4 maps from 1944 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Hampshire), ordered by how far Auburn is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Auburn, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 19, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Auburn.
Auburn has less tooth loss than most of New Hampshire and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of New Hampshire; it also has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New Hampshire.
59 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. Auburn’s trail density is 2.1 miles per square mile, where New Hampshire’s towns sit at 1.2 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Manchester Waterworks | 43.3 mi | 3,874 |
| 2. Massabesic Center | 1.8 mi | 52 |
| 3. Wayne R. Eddows Memorial Fields | 0.3 mi | 70 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Auburn School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Village SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 692 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NH on state tests
Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
Only 7 of the 125 New Hampshire towns we compare have a lower violent crime rate than Auburn. The property crime rate in Auburn is 2.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Auburn | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.4 per 1,000 residents | 4.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its widest gap with New Hampshire is tooth loss: 4.8% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 8.9% statewide. Against the 2,543 U.S. towns with household incomes like Auburn’s, it is healthier than 73%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
11% of Auburn adults report frequent physical distress. Auburn beats the New Hampshire average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 17% of Auburn adults get no exercise outside work.
| Auburn | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 20% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.1% | 9.5% | 12% |
| What stands out | Auburn | NH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.8% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.8% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 6.2 years of the Boston metro’s $116K median household income, the typical home (about $714K) costs more against local pay than in 82% of New Hampshire towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living.
The typical Auburn home is worth about $714,000, up 1.9% in a year, 40% above the New Hampshire typical home. Auburn’s median rent is $1,893 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Jobs based here grew from 1,488 in 2013 to 2,112. 26.5% of workers work from home, against 16.8% across New Hampshire.
Most working residents leave Auburn for work: only 5% work in town. 2.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Auburn. Jobs based in Auburn grew to 2,112 in 2023, 624 more than in 2013.
| Auburn | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $153,000 | $103,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.5% | 6.8% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.1% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Massabesic Lake weather station records that 53 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 94% of New Hampshire places with climate records. January nights average 14.4°: colder than most of the country, but milder than 84% of New Hampshire places with climate records; July afternoons average 82.9°.
Auburn has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
| Auburn | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 14°F | 13°F | 22°F |
| July high | 83°F | 81°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Auburn since 2010.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Auburn. Close and well known come first.
13 mi Ancient siteAmerica's Stonehenge
38 mi LakeWalden Pond
39 mi MountainMount Monadnock
15 mi Theme parkCanobie Lake Park
5 mi Stadium & arenaSNHU Arena
5 mi MuseumCurrier Museum of ArtAmerica's Stonehenge: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Walden Pond: Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Monadnock: Jonwmcinenrey, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Canobie Lake Park: Alex1961, CC BY-SA 2.0 · SNHU Arena: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Currier Museum of Art: Struthious Bandersnatch, CC BY-SA 3.0
5 within 15 miles of the center of Auburn
About 7 of every 100 Auburn residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Hampshire.
4,953 counted in 2010 and 5,946 in 2020; an estimated 6,336 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 6.3% since 2020, after 20% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Place in New Hampshire, United States
Auburn is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,946 at the 2020 census, up from 4,953 at the 2010 census.
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5 towns share a border with Auburn.
| Town | NH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn | #8 | A+ | C | A+ | A− | A |
| Chester | #45 | A− | C− | A+ | C+ | A |
| Manchester | #120 | C− | C− | C | D− | B+ |
| Hooksett | #24 | A | C− | A− | A− | A |
| South Hooksett | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Candia | #3 | A+ | B | A+ | B+ | A− |
South Hooksett isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Auburn with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Auburn grades A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns and #8 of 125 in New Hampshire. It grades A for health, A+ for safety and A− for schools.
That is 6.2 years of the area's median household income ($115,863 across the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
