Rank

198of 3,144

Carroll, New Hampshire

Score 7.38 / 10· population 52,448

Carroll County runs along New Hampshire's eastern border from the White Mountain National Forest south to Lake Winnipesaukee. Census estimates for 2020 to 2024 counted 42 percent of its housing units as seasonal homes, and owners' median property tax was $3,848 on a median home worth $388,900, where New Hampshire's medians were $6,667 and $402,500. Life expectancy for 2020 to 2022 came to 79.3 years, above the state's 78.9, and the median age over 2020 to 2024 was 54.6.

Sources
  • Carroll County is located in the center of NH along the eastern border, framed by the White Mountain National Forest to the north and Lake Winnipesaukee to the south. carrollcountynh.gov
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year (tables B25001, B25004): Carroll County had 40,421 housing units, 17,026 of them vacant for seasonal, recreational, or occasional use (42.1%). api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year (tables B25103, B25077): Carroll County median real estate taxes paid $3,848; median value of owner-occupied housing units $388,900. api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2020-2024 5-year (tables B25103, B25077): New Hampshire median real estate taxes paid $6,667; median value of owner-occupied housing units $402,500. api.censusreporter.org
  • Carroll County life expectancy 79.32 years; New Hampshire 78.94 years (County Health Rankings 2025 release). countyhealthrankings.org
  • In the 2025 County Health Rankings release, Life Expectancy uses 2020-2022 data. countyhealthrankings.org
  • Carroll County median age 54.6. Data USA labels it 2024; it is the ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate (Census Reporter table B01002 for acs2024_5yr gives the same 54.6). datausa.io

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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 President5.1
  4. Sales tax10.0
  5. Property tax5.7

Environment

  1. Air quality7.2
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.4

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.1
  2. Life expectancy9.1
  3. Government employees2.7
  4. Single-parent households7.0

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