“Misleading. NH’s only tax is the property tax, you know this, yet you promote a false narrative. All the other states on this list have income and sales taxes, which balloon the taxes paid by their citizens. If you want to present the real story, publish the whole story.” — Christopher Wolfe
“If you look at the overall total tax burden, NH comes in 48th. Only Nevada and Wyoming rank lower. Property taxes are set by towns, so choose wisely where to live. My husband and I moved from a town in Massachusetts to NH and now pay lower property taxes with more services. While I found the WalletHub article interesting, I’d say NH is doing fine.” — Marcia Anzalone
“I’m paying around $8,000 per year on a 3-bedroom, 1½-bath home in Nashua. That’s too much for a senior on a fixed income.” — Lori White
“We are retired and paying $9,000 a year on a $525,000 home we’ve owned for 40 years in Hooksett. Our monthly taxes exceed our mortgage payment. We plan to sell our home and move to Florida later this year. The school portion is over 50% of the tax bill. Student scores are lower, administrators are increasing, school roofs have been leaking for years, and town reps are pushing for another large tax increase in 2027. We moved to Hooksett in 1985 because it had one of the best school systems in the state.” — Donna and Joseph LaPointe
“$9,500 in taxes on a home valued at $450,000? This is a simple, modest cape in Mont Vernon. I don’t believe the median home is as low as $402,000, at least in Hillsborough County. The property taxes in this state are outrageous. We need a different system of taxation for sure.” — Larry Cohen
“I agree, NH is expensive! I moved here from VT in 2010, and the economy has changed quite a bit. Some of these numbers seem a little off—or at least vary a lot from town to town. I live in Concord and currently pay $13,000 in taxes. Concord taxes have gone up every year since I bought this house in 2017. I just did my federal taxes and had to pay in, even though I have two kids, a job, and was a full-time college student last year. My 17-year-old no longer counts as a write-off, and minimal stock gains put me over the $180K limit for the college credit.” — Jen Edwards
“With regard to your point on taxation, remember this is only one type of tax. Speaking as a couple who spent most of our lives in California (which has very low property taxes), you have to consider your entire tax bill. Most other states tax income, investments, and social security, and charge sales tax on purchases. While NH property tax is high (so is the entertainment tax at restaurants), it’s still far less than what we’d pay elsewhere. I feel blessed every day to have moved to New Hampshire and away from the ridiculous taxes of other states.” — Brian Docili
“Yes, NH’s property tax rates are high, but the property values those taxes are based on are much lower than in many other places, so the total tax paid isn’t crazy high. Speaking as someone who moved here three years ago, I currently pay about $7,500 in property taxes for a house that is twice as big, has a basement, a garage, and sits on 10x more acreage than my previous house. In my former state, property taxes on my smaller house would have been about $12,000/year, plus sales tax on everything, which we don’t have here (except on prepared foods and hotels).” — Kim Wilson
“Exactly. I guess we know what ‘Live Free or Die’ means.” — Steve Burke
