Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Warner's standout: it reports less crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades A−, 30th of 125 graded towns in New Hampshire. Residents are healthier than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and it has 43 miles of trail and 31% conserved land. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 75% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 98% of U.S. towns, with 4 places on the National Register. 31% of the land in Warner is conserved, where New Hampshire’s towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest place to walk is Mount Kearsarge State Forest, 2,727 acres with 3.5 miles of trail. On history, just 14 of New Hampshire’s 187 towns do better.
Where Warner beats most towns.
Census counts: 863 in 1790, a low of 863 in 1790, 2,937 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1781 and 5 maps from 1928 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Hampshire), ordered by how far Warner is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Warner, 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 Warner.
Warner pairs an A− overall with homes cheaper than the New Hampshire norm, keeps more of its land conserved than most of New Hampshire and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Hampshire.
Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
Warner’s property crime rate is 2 per 1,000 residents, against 4.5 in New Hampshire’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns. Warner’s violent crime rate is 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Warner | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2 per 1,000 residents | 4.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Kearsarge Regional School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simonds Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 132 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NH on state tests and graduation
Within New Hampshire it is less healthy than 54% of the 126 graded towns: New Hampshire sets a high bar.
28% of adults feel lonely in Warner. Warner beats the New Hampshire average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of adults binge drink in Warner.
| Warner | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Warner | NH |
|---|---|---|
| More women getting mammograms | 83% | 78.8% |
| More adults seeing a dentist | 71.5% | 68.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.8% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its 10,981 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 90% of New Hampshire towns.
43 miles of trail in 18 parks and preserves. The trail density in Warner is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chandler Reservation | 4.4 mi | 1,413 |
| 2. Mount Kearsarge State Forest | 3.5 mi | 2,727 |
| 3. Warner Town Forest | 0.8 mi | 955 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Warner for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Concord (23%), Manchester (8%) and Hopkinton (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.
| Warner | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 17% | 16% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.7% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $103,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Since 1984, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Warner.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Warner has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 11° and about 68 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Warner grades A− overall with a typical home of about $453K, below the New Hampshire typical value; only 7 of the 46 New Hampshire towns graded A− or better can say that.
The typical Warner home is worth about $453,000, up 2.7% in a year, 11% below the New Hampshire typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New Hampshire average. 42% of Warner adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Warner | New Hampshire towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 17% | 18% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 39% | 29% |
| Median age | 43.7 years | 45 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 20% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.8 points. Across New Hampshire, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Warner | NH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.9% | 9.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.5% | 8.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.5% | 8.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.5% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.9% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.6% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.9% | 15.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.4% | 12.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 7.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 5.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.8% | 26.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.9% | 17.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.1% | 24.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.3% | 16.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,900, single groups can be off by several points
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Warner. Close and well known come first.
34 mi LakeLake Winnipesaukee
32 mi MountainMount Monadnock
13 mi Ski areaMount Sunapee77 runs · 1,469 ft vertical
28 mi Stadium & arenaSNHU Arena9 mi Ski areaPats Peak39 runs · 751 ft vertical
18 mi MuseumCanterbury Shaker VillageLake Winnipesaukee: No machine-readable author provided. JohnJHenderson~commonswiki assumed (based o, Public domain · Mount Monadnock: Jonwmcinenrey, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Sunapee: User:Josephbrophy, Public domain · SNHU Arena: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Canterbury Shaker Village: SayCheeeeeese, Public domain
2 within 15 miles of the center of Warner
About 5 of every 100 Warner residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Hampshire.
Where Warner’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
4 places in Warner on the National Register of Historic Places.
12 notable people were born in Warner.
Town in New Hampshire, United States
Warner is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,937 at the 2020 census. The town is home to Rollins State Park and Mount Kearsarge State Forest. The town's central village, where 453 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined as the Warner census-designated place (CDP) and is located along New Hampshire Route 103 and the Warner River. The town also includes the communities of Davisville, Lower Village, Melvin Mills, and Waterloo.
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6 towns share a border with Warner.
| Town | NH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warner | #30 | A− | C | A+ | B | A |
| Bradford | — | — | C | A+ | B | A |
| Sutton | — | — | C | A+ | B | A |
| Salisbury | — | — | C− | — | B− | A− |
| Webster | — | — | C | — | B− | A− |
| Wilmot | — | — | C | A+ | B | B+ |
| Hopkinton | #6 | A+ | C+ | A+ | A− | A |
Bradford, Sutton, Salisbury, Webster and Wilmot have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Salisbury and Webster report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Warner with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Warner grades A− overall, better than 85% of U.S. towns and #30 of 125 in New Hampshire. It grades A for health, A+ for safety and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
12 notable people were born here, including Walter Harriman and Adelaide George Bennett.
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