Rockingham County, NH real estate

What the numbers say

Rockingham County, NH real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Rockingham County listed for $723,391, up 1.5% from a year earlier. That is 23% above the New Hampshire median of $590,000.

Homes spent a median of 51 days on the market, slower than 40 days a year ago. That makes Rockingham County the #4 fastest-selling of 7 New Hampshire counties we track.

Homeowners in Rockingham County pay a median of $7,839 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $497,500, an effective rate of about 1.58%. The New Hampshire average is 1.66%, which makes Rockingham County the #3 lowest-tax of 10 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,687 a month, and $1,857 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 36 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $723,000 home here comes to about $5,195 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $223,000 a year (the median household here earns $118,331).