Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The best of Troy’s subject grades are an A− for health, an A+ for history, and an A for the outdoors; the weakest is a D for walkability. No town in New Hampshire scores lower than Troy on walkability. Troy's schools rank behind 85% of the state's. Among 126 New Hampshire towns, just 5 have a lower violent crime rate than Troy. Only 13 of New Hampshire’s 187 towns score higher on history. The biggest place to walk is Gap Mountain Reservation, 806 acres with 3.4 miles of trail. Troy has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Troy beats most towns.
Where Troy’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 Troy is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 676 in 1820, 2,130 in 2020. The archive holds 14 old photos and papers going back to 1905 and 5 maps from 1898 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Troy, 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 Troy.
Its public schools are run by the Monadnock Regional School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 116 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NH on state tests and graduation
Troy beats the New Hampshire average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 73% of Troy adults had a checkup this year, where New Hampshire’s towns sit at 78% and U.S. towns at 79%. 9.1% of Troy adults have diabetes.
| Troy | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 78% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 9.5% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| What stands out | Troy | NH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.2% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults screened for colon cancer | 64.6% | 69.5% |
| Fewer adults getting a yearly checkup | 73.3% | 77.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Troy for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Troy grew to 304 in 2023, 94 more than in 2013. 4.1% of Troy residents live below the poverty line, below both New Hampshire’s towns (6.8%) and U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Troy | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 6.8% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 10% | 16% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.8% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $103,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Troy home is worth about $347,000, up 9.9% in a year, 32% below the New Hampshire typical home. Troy’s median rent is $1,024 a month.
| Troy | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,024 a month | $1,388 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 82% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Troy has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Troy is 80°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Troy | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 15% | 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. Gap Mountain Reservation | 3.4 mi | 806 |
| 2. Rhododendron State Park | 3.4 mi | 750 |
| 3. Farrar Field | — | 59 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Troy's reported crime rate is well below New Hampshire's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. No violent crimes were reported in 2025.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
3 within 15 miles of the center of Troy
About 4 of every 100 Troy residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Hampshire.
Town in New Hampshire, United States
Troy is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,130 at the 2020 census. It is situated in southwestern New Hampshire, west of Mount Monadnock. The town's central village, where 1,108 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined as the Troy census-designated place (CDP), and is located along New Hampshire Route 12. The center of the CDP is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Troy Village Historic District.
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5 towns share a border with Troy.
| Town | NH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | — | — | C+ | — | C− | A− |
| Marlborough | — | — | C | A | D | A− |
| Swanzey | #114 | C− | C− | B | C− | B+ |
| Fitzwilliam | #118 | C− | C− | — | C− | A− |
| Richmond | — | — | D | — | C− | C+ |
| Jaffrey | #56 | B+ | B− | B | C+ | A |
Troy, Marlborough and Richmond have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Troy, Fitzwilliam and Richmond report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Troy with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
That is 4.2 years of the area's median household income ($83,329 across the Keene, 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+.
2 notable people were born here, including Hubert Dana Goodale and Rachel Crane Mather.
