Rank

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Rockingham, New Hampshire

Score 7.33 / 10· population 320,689

Rockingham County holds all 18 miles of New Hampshire's Atlantic coast, and its largest towns, Derry and Salem, are in its western part. Between July 2023 and April 2024, three separate storms with flooding led to federal disaster declarations here. The median property tax bill in 2024 was $7,945, almost two and a half times the US median of $3,211, and life expectancy for 2021 to 2023 was 80.7 years, against 77.6 nationally.

Sources
  • Rockingham County includes all 18 miles of New Hampshire's Atlantic coastline. rockinghamcountynh.org
  • The two largest towns in Rockingham County, Derry (approximately 36,500) and Salem (approximately 30,000), are in the western part of the county. rockinghamcountynh.org
  • OpenFEMA lists Rockingham County, NH in three Severe Storms and Flooding declarations with incident periods beginning July 9, 2023 (DR-4740), January 9, 2024 (DR-4771) and April 3, 2024 (DR-4799, Severe Winter Storm and Flooding). fema.gov
  • DR-4771-NH, New Hampshire Severe Storms and Flooding, had an incident period of January 9 to 14, 2024 and was declared April 19, 2024. fema.gov
  • ACS 2024 1-year: median real estate taxes paid by owner-occupied homes were $7,945 in Rockingham County and $3,211 in the United States (7,945 / 3,211 = 2.47). api.censusreporter.org
  • County Health Rankings supplemental release (March 2026): life expectancy was 80.67 years in Rockingham County and 77.55 years in the United States. countyhealthrankings.org
  • In the County Health Rankings supplemental release (March 2026), the Life Expectancy measure uses National Center for Health Statistics data for 2021-2023. countyhealthrankings.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 President5.1
  4. Sales tax10.0
  5. Property tax3.3

Environment

  1. Air quality6.1
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.7

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.4
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees6.9
  4. Single-parent households7.8

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