Rank

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Belknap, New Hampshire

Score 7.11 / 10· population 65,027

Belknap County is on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire's Lakes Region, and Interstate 93 links it with Concord. The state has no sales or income tax; over 2020 to 2024 the county's median property tax bill was $4,924 on a $374,900 home, against $3,119 on $332,700 nationally and $6,667 on $402,500 statewide. In those same Census estimates, 23 percent of its children lived in homes headed by someone with no spouse or partner, against 19 percent statewide.

Sources
  • Belknap County is located in central New Hampshire within the Lakes Region; Lake Winnipesaukee is listed among its major lakes. whereig.com
  • Interstate 93 is the major north-south interstate connecting the county with Concord and the White Mountains. whereig.com
  • New Hampshire has no income or sales tax, and therefore relies very heavily on property taxes. citizenscount.org
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year tables B25103 and B25077: Belknap County median real estate taxes paid $4,924, median value of owner-occupied housing units $374,900; New Hampshire $6,667 on $402,500; United States $3,119 on $332,700. api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year table B09005: 2,621 of 11,157 children in Belknap County households (23%) live in male- or female-householder households with no spouse or partner present; New Hampshire 47,206 of 253,563 (19%). api.censusreporter.org

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.6
  4. Sales tax10.0
  5. Property tax4.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes2.2

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.2
  2. Life expectancy7.9
  3. Government employees4.1
  4. Single-parent households3.8

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