New Hampshire / Merrimack County
27 municipalities · DRA 2025 rates
Merrimack County property tax rates
The 2025 total property tax rates in Merrimack County run from $10.48 in Newbury to $29.11 in Concord per $1,000 of assessed value. The county's median town sits at $17.63, against $16.90 for New Hampshire as a whole, and 17 of its 27 municipalities are above the state median.
- 1Highest Concord $29.11
- 2Middle town Franklin $17.63
- 3Lowest Newbury $10.48
- 4Municipalities 27
Every Merrimack County town by 2025 rate
| # | Municipality | 2025 rate | 2024 rate | Change | Bill on $300,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concord | $29.11 | $27.69 | +$1.42 | $8,733 |
| 2 | Allenstown | $24.88 | $25.42 | −$0.54 | $7,464 |
| 3 | Henniker | $24.13 | $23.90 | +$0.23 | $7,239 |
| 4 | Danbury | $23.70 | $22.00 | +$1.70 | $7,110 |
| 5 | Hopkinton | $23.35 | $21.89 | +$1.46 | $7,005 |
| 6 | Loudon | $22.75 | $23.25 | −$0.50 | $6,825 |
| 7 | Pembroke | $21.84 | $19.64 | +$2.20 | $6,552 |
| 8 | Boscawen | $20.80 | $19.26 | +$1.54 | $6,240 |
| 9 | Canterbury | $20.49 | $22.68 | −$2.19 | $6,147 |
| 10 | Bow | $20.05 | $19.78 | +$0.27 | $6,015 |
| 11 | Salisbury | $17.91 | $16.21 | +$1.70 | $5,373 |
| 12 | Chichester | $17.83 | $17.33 | +$0.50 | $5,349 |
| 13 | Pittsfield | $17.82 | $29.87 | −$12.05 | $5,346 |
| 14 | Franklin | $17.63 | $17.15 | +$0.48 | $5,289 |
| 15 | Epsom | $17.54 | $26.64 | −$9.10 | $5,262 |
| 16 | Warner | $17.32 | $30.89 | −$13.57 | $5,196 |
| 17 | Hooksett | $17.19 | $16.96 | +$0.23 | $5,157 |
| 18 | Bradford | $16.89 | $15.73 | +$1.16 | $5,067 |
| 19 | Webster | $16.88 | $15.53 | +$1.35 | $5,064 |
| 20 | Sutton | $16.61 | $26.94 | −$10.33 | $4,983 |
| 21 | Dunbarton | $16.34 | $26.38 | −$10.04 | $4,902 |
| 22 | Wilmot | $16.09 | $25.60 | −$9.51 | $4,827 |
| 23 | Northfield | $14.79 | $14.77 | +$0.02 | $4,437 |
| 24 | Andover | $14.65 | $14.64 | +$0.01 | $4,395 |
| 25 | Hill | $13.26 | $13.46 | −$0.20 | $3,978 |
| 26 | New London | $11.86 | $11.61 | +$0.25 | $3,558 |
| 27 | Newbury | $10.48 | $10.02 | +$0.46 | $3,144 |
The spread inside the county is $18.63 per $1,000, so on the same $300,000 assessment a Concord owner is billed $5,589.00 more than a Newbury owner. That gap is not all real money: each town assesses at its own share of market value, so the rate comparison is only fair between towns whose equalization ratios are close. The guide to how rates are set explains what goes into each one.
Merrimack County against the state
The median Merrimack County rate moved from $19.78 in 2024 to $17.63 in 2025. 17 of the county's municipalities raised their total rate and 10 lowered it. Together the county's towns and cities carry $28,256,686,470 of assessed valuation including utilities and billed $559,762,704 in 2025 property tax, about $3,639 per resident on 2020 census counts.
The median parts of a Merrimack County rate are municipal $4.82, county $1.68, local school $10.47 and state education $1.14. The county rate pays for the one Merrimack County budget, but it is not one number on bills: each town pays its share of the county tax "according to their proportion of public taxes" (RSA 29:11), and that share is then spread over the town's own assessed valuation, so the per-$1,000 county rate runs from $1.46 to $2.67 across Merrimack County.
Biggest rate changes in Merrimack County
Pembroke +$2.20; Canterbury −$2.19; Pittsfield −$12.05; Epsom −$9.10; Warner −$13.57; Sutton −$10.33; Dunbarton −$10.04; Wilmot −$9.51; moves of $2 or more per $1,000 between 2024 and 2025. Large drops usually come with a revaluation, large rises with a budget or school change; each town page shows which part of the rate moved.
Other New Hampshire counties
The full ranked list of all 234 municipalities is on the New Hampshire property tax rates page, and the appeal page sets out the abatement procedure that applies in every town in Merrimack County.
Source: NH Department of Revenue Administration, 2025 Municipal Tax Rates (completed as of January 23, 2026) (DRA; copy read) and the 2024 report; county membership and population from Wikipedia. Last checked October 20, 2026.