Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Newfields’ best subject grades are an A+ for safety, health, and incomes; its weakest is a C for walkability. Newfields’ median household income is $198,000, above both New Hampshire’s towns ($103,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). On health, just 5 of New Hampshire’s 187 towns do better. Newfields’ 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). On the outdoors, just 2 of New Hampshire’s 187 towns do better. The biggest place to walk is Piscassic River Wildlife Management Area, 352 acres with 1.2 miles of trail. Newfields has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Newfields beats most towns.
Where Newfields’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Hampshire), ordered by how far Newfields is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 516 in 1850, a low of 376 in 1930, 1,769 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 1909 and 5 maps from 1916 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Newfields. Close and well known come first.
18 mi Ancient siteAmerica's Stonehenge
22 mi Theme parkCanobie Lake Park
11 mi MuseumStrawbery Banke
21 mi LighthouseCape Neddick Light
36 mi MuseumPeabody Essex Museum
13 mi LandmarkFort William and MaryAmerica's Stonehenge: User:Stan Shebs, 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 · Cape Neddick Light: Stefan Hillebrand, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Peabody Essex Museum: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort William and Mary: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Newfields, 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 Newfields.
The typical Newfields home is worth about $854,000, up 0.8% in a year, 67% above the New Hampshire typical home. Newfields’ median rent is $1,875 a month. Only 8 of the 127 New Hampshire towns we compare have a higher share of households owning their home than Newfields.
| Newfields | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 95% | 82% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,875 a month | $1,388 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Newfields School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfields Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 115 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NH on state tests and graduation
Among 126 New Hampshire towns, just 5 have a lower violent crime rate than Newfields. The property crime rate in Newfields is 2.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Newfields | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.2 per 1,000 residents | 4.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Newfields beats the New Hampshire average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 26% of adults feel lonely in Newfields. Among 127 New Hampshire towns, just 3 have a lower share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Newfields.
| Newfields | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Newfields | NH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.5% | 8.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.2% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
18 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Piscassic Greenway | 3 mi | 325 |
| 2. George F. Smith Woodlot | 1.6 mi | 80 |
| 3. Piscassic River Wildlife Management Area | 1.2 mi | 352 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Newfields for work: only 6% work in town. 26% of Newfields workers work from home. Jobs based in Newfields grew to 661 in 2023, 123 more than in 2013.
| Newfields | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 26% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 6.8% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.1% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Newfields has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 15° and about 57 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Newfields
About 8 of every 100 Newfields residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Hampshire.
Place in New Hampshire, United States
Newfields is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,769 at the 2020 census. The primary village in town, where 378 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined as the Newfields census-designated place (CDP) and is located along New Hampshire Route 85 and the Squamscott River. It is a quaint village of handsome old houses. Newfields is one of New Hampshire's wealthiest towns, with a median household income of $154,375 for the period 2015–19.
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3 towns share a border with Newfields.
| Town | NH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newfields | — | — | C+ | A+ | B+ | A+ |
| Stratham | #11 | A | D | A+ | A− | A+ |
| Newmarket | #37 | A− | C− | A | B | A |
| Exeter | #28 | A− | D | A− | A− | A |
Newfields has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Compare Newfields with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 7.4 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+.
