Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Lyndeborough’s best subject grades are an A+ for safety and an A− for health and incomes; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Lyndeborough’s average trip to work is 39 minutes, where New Hampshire’s towns sit at 28 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Among 126 New Hampshire towns, just 5 have a lower violent crime rate than Lyndeborough. 21% of the land in Lyndeborough is conserved, where New Hampshire’s towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Lyndeborough has 2 places on the National Register. The biggest place to walk is Rose Mountain Preserve, 186 acres with 2 miles of trail. Lyndeborough has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Lyndeborough beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,280 in 1790, a low of 399 in 1930, 1,702 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 1861 and 4 maps from 1900 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Hampshire), ordered by how far Lyndeborough is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lyndeborough, 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 Lyndeborough.
The property crime rate in Lyndeborough is 1.7 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndeborough Central SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–K | Grades PK–K | 39 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NH on state tests and graduation
Lyndeborough beats the New Hampshire average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 15% of adults report frequent mental distress in Lyndeborough.
| Lyndeborough | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 33% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 9.1% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lyndeborough | NH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 73.6% | 69.5% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 90.1% | 88.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Lyndeborough for work: only 4% work in town. Lyndeborough’s median household income is $117,000. Jobs based in Lyndeborough fell to 74 in 2023, 25 fewer than in 2013.
| Lyndeborough | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $117,000 | $103,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.7% | 6.8% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 17% | 16% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.2% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
47 miles of trail in 17 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rose Mountain Preserve | 2 mi | 186 |
| 2. Alan & Edgar Rice Nature Preserve | 0.5 mi | 17 |
| 3. Kingsbury Timber - Deaf Dog Lot | 0.4 mi | 110 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lyndeborough has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 14° and about 58 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (40% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (21% statewide). 15% of Lyndeborough residents are under 18. 40% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 41% across New Hampshire.
| Lyndeborough | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 years | 44.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 15% | 18% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 39% | 29% |
44% women, 56% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±9 points. Across New Hampshire, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Lyndeborough | NH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7% | 9.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.9% | 8.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.6% | 8.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.4% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.2% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.7% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.7% | 15.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.3% | 12.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 7.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.8% | 5.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.7% | 26.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.2% | 17.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.2% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.3% | 24.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.8% | 16.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
The typical Lyndeborough home is worth about $533,000, up 1.7% in a year, close to the New Hampshire typical home.
| Lyndeborough | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 82% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,482 a month | $1,388 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lyndeborough. Close and well known come first.
17 mi MountainMount Monadnock
38 mi LakeWalden Pond
29 mi Ancient siteAmerica's Stonehenge
27 mi Theme parkCanobie Lake Park
17 mi Stadium & arenaSNHU Arena
37 mi MuseumAmerican Heritage MuseumMount Monadnock: Jonwmcinenrey, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Walden Pond: Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · America's Stonehenge: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canobie Lake Park: Alex1961, CC BY-SA 2.0 · SNHU Arena: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · American Heritage Museum: Daderot, CC0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Lyndeborough
About 4 of every 100 Lyndeborough residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Hampshire.
Where Lyndeborough’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Lyndeborough on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New Hampshire, United States
Lyndeborough is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,702 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
5 towns share a border with Lyndeborough.
| Town | NH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndeborough | — | — | C | A+ | C+ | A− |
| Mont Vernon | #2 | A+ | C+ | A | A | A |
| Greenfield | — | — | B− | — | B− | B+ |
| Milford | #50 | B+ | D | A | B− | A |
| Wilton | #63 | B+ | C | A− | C+ | A |
| Temple | — | — | C | — | B− | A− |
Lyndeborough, Greenfield and Temple have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Greenfield and Temple report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lyndeborough with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 5.1 years of the area's median household income ($103,545 across the Manchester-Nashua, 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.
