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Settled in 1699, this town now has 1,927 residents.
Madbury’s best subject grades are an A for health, incomes, and schools. Madbury’s median household income is $148,000, against $103,000 in New Hampshire’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Only 14 of New Hampshire’s 187 towns score higher on cost of living. Madbury’s trail density is 2.5 miles per square mile, above both the New Hampshire town median (1.2) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Only 12 of New Hampshire’s 187 towns score higher on the outdoors. The biggest place to walk is Kingman Farm, 354 acres with 5.8 miles of trail. Madbury has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Madbury beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Madbury | NH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.5% | 8.9% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Moharimet School | K–4 | 309 |
Census counts: 592 in 1790, a low of 326 in 1920, 1,918 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1905 and 5 maps from 1916 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Hampshire), ordered by how far Madbury is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Madbury. Close and well known come first.
35 mi LakeLake Winnipesaukee
27 mi Ancient siteAmerica's Stonehenge
18 mi LighthouseCape Neddick Light
31 mi Theme parkCanobie Lake Park
12 mi MuseumStrawbery Banke
14 mi LandmarkFort William and MaryLake Winnipesaukee: No machine-readable author provided. JohnJHenderson~commonswiki assumed (based o, Public domain · America's Stonehenge: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cape Neddick Light: Stefan Hillebrand, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canobie Lake Park: Alex1961, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Strawbery Banke: Ken Gallager (Ken Gallager from en.wikipedia), Public domain · Fort William and Mary: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Madbury, 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 Madbury.
For adults in Madbury, the share who report frequent mental distress is 15%. Only 9 of the 127 New Hampshire towns we compare have a lower share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Madbury.
| Madbury | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 20% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Madbury | NH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.5% | 8.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.8% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Oyster River Coop School District runs its public schools. Its one school is below. 309 students attend Madbury’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moharimet SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 309 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NH on state tests and graduation
Across 16 parks and preserves: 30 miles of trail. Parks and preserves in Madbury: 16, covering 994 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kingman Farm | 5.8 mi | 354 |
| 2. Powder Major's Forest | 2.9 mi | 129 |
| 3. Hayes Conservation Easement | 2.2 mi | 88 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The top destinations are Portsmouth (17%), Durham (13%) and Dover (10%). In Madbury, 4.9% of residents live below the poverty line. The median commute is under 11 miles.
| Madbury | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 6.8% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 14% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For Madbury, the median rent is $1,574 a month. Among households in the town, 83% own their home.
| Madbury | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,574 a month | $1,388 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 83% | 82% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Madbury's reported crime rate is well below New Hampshire's. Only 5 of the 126 New Hampshire towns we compare have a lower violent crime rate than Madbury, and on top of that in Madbury, the level of property crime is 0.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Madbury | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.5 per 1,000 residents | 4.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected losses in Madbury break down as 72% from inland flooding and 5% from earthquakes. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Madbury after 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2010. The town’s FEMA hazard score stands at 47 of 100.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Madbury
About 3 of every 100 Madbury residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Hampshire.
Where Madbury’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Town in New Hampshire, United States
Madbury is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,918 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Madbury.
| Town | NH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madbury | — | — | B− | — | A | A |
| Durham | – | A+ | B− | A | A | A |
| Dover | #60 | B+ | C− | A− | C+ | A |
| Lee | #13 | A | C− | A | A | A |
| Barrington | #44 | A− | C | A | B | A |
Madbury has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Madbury reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Madbury with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 5.8 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 B−.
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