Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Claremont grades D overall, 123rd of 125 graded towns in New Hampshire, mostly because of schools. Its schools rank behind 94% of the state's. What it does well: it has 51 miles of trail. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 98% of U.S. towns, with 8 places on the National Register. On health, just 4 of New Hampshire’s 187 towns do worse. Claremont is home to River Valley Community College. On safety, just 8 of New Hampshire’s 149 towns do worse.
Where Claremont beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Census counts: 1,435 in 1790, 12,949 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1868 and 3 maps from 1926 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Hampshire), ordered by how far Claremont is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Claremont. Close and well known come first.
38 mi MountainMount Monadnock
28 mi Ski areaKillington Resort184 runs · 3,031 ft vertical
20 mi Ski areaOkemo Mountain119 runs · 2,165 ft vertical
8 mi National Historical ParkSaint-Gaudens National Historical Park28K visitors a year
14 mi Ski areaMount Sunapee77 runs · 1,469 ft vertical
35 mi Ski areaStratton Mountain Resort106 runs · 1,899 ft verticalMount Monadnock: Jonwmcinenrey, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Killington Resort: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Okemo Mountain: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Sunapee: User:Josephbrophy, Public domain · Stratton Mountain Resort: Rudi Riet from Washington, DC, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Claremont, 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 Claremont.
Claremont is healthier than towns with similar incomes, is safe by national standards but not by New Hampshire’s and has cooler summers than most of the country, though not than most of New Hampshire.
Its public schools are run by the Claremont School District. Two of its 9 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Stevens High School, with 477 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 333 | C− |
| Stevens High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 477 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NH on state tests and graduation
Home values rose 56% in five years, to about $279K, against 36% across New Hampshire. 63.6% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 48.2% across New Hampshire.
The typical Claremont home is worth about $279,000, up 2.5% in a year, 45% below the New Hampshire typical home. 57% of Claremont households own their home, below both the New Hampshire town median (82%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%).
| Claremont | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 57% | 82% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,146 a month | $1,393 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
For Claremont, that is against 18% in New Hampshire’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Claremont’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile. Moody Park, at 257 acres with 4.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Claremont | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 4.8% | 18% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.2 miles per square mile | 1.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Moody Park | 4.3 mi | 257 |
| 2. Arrowhead Recreation Area | 3.5 mi | 182 |
| 3. Unity Town Forest | 0.3 mi | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 26.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 94% of New Hampshire’s graded towns. Property crime runs at 17.7 per 1,000 residents, about twice the New Hampshire rate, most of it theft.
The property crime rate in Claremont is 17.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Claremont | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 17.7 per 1,000 residents | 4.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.8 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
July afternoons average 82.2°: cooler than most of the country, but hotter than 81% of New Hampshire places with climate records; January nights average 10.3°.
Claremont has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. About 66 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Claremont | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 10°F | 13°F | 22°F |
| July high | 82°F | 81°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
14% of Claremont residents live below the poverty line. Among 126 New Hampshire towns, just 3 have a lower median household income than Claremont. 27% of Claremont working residents work locally.
| Claremont | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 27% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $103,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 6.7% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 8.6% | 16% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 23 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Claremont.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 8,685 U.S. towns with household incomes like Claremont’s, it is healthier than 70%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
16% of adults smoke cigarettes in Claremont. Only 1 of the 126 New Hampshire towns we compare have a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Claremont. 28% of adults get no exercise outside work in Claremont.
| Claremont | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 78% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 11% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 20% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Claremont | NH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.3% | 8.9% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 15.1% | 9.5% |
| More smokers | 16.1% | 10.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Claremont
About 3 of every 100 Claremont residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Hampshire.
8 places in Claremont on the National Register of Historic Places.
17 notable people were born in Claremont.
City in New Hampshire, United States
Claremont is the only city in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 12,949 at the 2020 census. Claremont is a core city of the Lebanon–Claremont micropolitan area, a bi-state, four-county region in the upper Connecticut River valley.
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6 towns share a border with Claremont.
| Town | NH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont | #123 | D | C | C | D | C+ |
| Unity | — | — | C | — | C− | B− |
| Cornish | — | — | C | — | C+ | A |
| Newport | #116 | C− | C | B− | D | B+ |
| Charlestown | #110 | C | C | A | C− | B− |
Unity and Cornish have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Unity and Cornish report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Claremont with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Claremont grades D overall, better than 6% of U.S. towns and #123 of 125 in New Hampshire. It grades C+ for health, C for safety and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
New Hampshire has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Claremont sits nearer the middle.
That is 3.4 years of the area's median household income ($83,269 across the Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT 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.
17 notable people were born here, including Barbara Cochran and Constance Fenimore Woolson.
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