Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,312, settled in 1772.
Newbury’s best subject grades are an A for health and an A− for safety and incomes; its weakest is a C for walkability. Newbury’s median age is 53.3 years, where New Hampshire’s towns sit at 44.8 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Only 5 of the 127 New Hampshire towns we compare have a lower July high than Newbury. 32% of the land in Newbury is conserved, where New Hampshire’s towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Mount Sunapee State Park, at 2,319 acres with 9.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. On civic life, just 16 of New Hampshire’s 187 towns do better. Newbury has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Newbury beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Newbury | NH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.8% | 8.9% |
Census counts: 816 in 1840, a low of 320 in 1950, 2,172 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1905 and 4 maps from 1902 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 Newbury is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Newbury, 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 Newbury.
26% of adults feel lonely in Newbury. Only 6 of the 127 New Hampshire towns we compare have a lower share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Newbury. 13% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Newbury.
| Newbury | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 78% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 36% |
| What stands out | Newbury | NH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.8% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.2% | 9.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.3% | 9.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
41 miles of trail in 12 parks and preserves. Newbury’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mount Sunapee State Park | 9.9 mi | 2,319 |
| 2. Hay Reservation | 3.8 mi | 723 |
| 3. Pillsbury-Sunapee Corridor | 3.3 mi | 579 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Newbury has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Newbury is 10°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Newbury home is worth about $601,000, up 1.5% in a year, 18% above the New Hampshire typical home. 88% of Newbury households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Newbury for work: only 8% work in town. Jobs based in Newbury grew to 718 in 2023, 38 more than in 2013. The top destinations are New London (10%), Concord (9%) and Manchester (6%).
| Newbury | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $116,000 | $103,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 6.8% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Newbury since 2023.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Newbury. Close and well known come first.
32 mi MountainMount Monadnock
in town Ski areaMount Sunapee77 runs · 1,469 ft vertical
36 mi Ski areaOkemo Mountain119 runs · 2,165 ft vertical
36 mi Stadium & arenaSNHU Arena
21 mi National Historical ParkSaint-Gaudens National Historical Park28K visitors a year16 mi Ski areaPats Peak39 runs · 751 ft verticalMount Monadnock: Jonwmcinenrey, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Sunapee: User:Josephbrophy, Public domain · Okemo Mountain: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · SNHU Arena: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Newbury
About 4 of every 100 Newbury residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Hampshire.
2 places in Newbury on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New Hampshire, United States
Newbury is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,172 at the 2020 census. The town includes the villages of Newbury, Blodgett Landing and South Newbury, as well as a portion of Mount Sunapee Resort, a ski area, and a portion of Lake Sunapee, including the beach at Mount Sunapee State Park.
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5 towns share a border with Newbury.
| Town | NH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury | — | — | C | A− | B | A |
| Sutton | — | — | C | A+ | B | A |
| Bradford | — | — | C | A+ | B | A |
| Sunapee | #64 | B+ | C− | A− | A− | B+ |
| New London | #29 | A− | D | A− | B | A+ |
| Goshen | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Newbury, Sutton and Bradford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Goshen isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Newbury with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 6.2 years of the area's median household income ($97,004 across the Concord, NH 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.
