20 census tracts

Nashua.New Hampshire housing market

This Nashua housing market report covers about 38,800 homes across 20 census tracts. The median census tract scores 91.8 on the PriceDNA Location Score™, the highest of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks. For August 2026, the average listing price is $524,127 across 89 active listings (Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory).

A fountain and bridge over the Nashua River with the historic mill and church in fall foliage in Nashua, New Hampshire
A fountain and bridge over the Nashua River, with the historic mill and church in fall foliage. DenisTangneyJr/iStock
Average listing price
$524,127
89 active listings · Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory · August 2026
Population growth
+0.3%
a year, 2020 to 2025 · Census population estimates
Approximate homes
38,800
across 20 assigned tracts
Vacant homes
4.2%
of all homes
Renter-occupied
44%
of occupied homes

Nashua housing market context

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01.

Location score distribution

How location scores vary across 20 census tracts in Nashua.

median 91.8 85 97

Half of Nashua's tracts score between 91 and 94. The full range spans 85 to 97, with a median of 91.8.

Distribution of tract scores
Median (91.8)
Mean (91.8)

What the location score shows

PriceDNA Location Score™ is a 0 to 100 signal designed to summarize local strength and risk context for rental-property analysis. Higher scores generally point to stronger location fundamentals.

The middle half of Nashua's tracts is 3.2 points wide on the score, narrower than in 134 of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks.

To see the location score for your specific property, analyze a property

02.

Housing composition

Key housing statistics for approximately 38,800 homes in Nashua, including occupancy, tenure, and structure type.

Tenure of occupied homes: owner 56%, renter 44%.
Tenure of occupied homes Owner 56% · Renter 44%
Housing occupancy: occupied 95.8%, vacant 4.2%.
Occupancy Occupied 95.8% · Vacant 4.2%

Of about 38,800 homes, 4.2% are vacant. Among occupied homes, 44% are renter-occupied, providing context on the size of the local rental base.

By structure type, about 50% of Nashua’s housing units are in single-family structures, 16% in small multifamily buildings (2 to 4 units), and 31% in larger multifamily buildings (5+ units). Percentages are rounded; small residual structure categories are not shown.

03.

How Nashua compares

Nashua's median is above the New Hampshire median on 4 of these 8 measures and above the U.S. median on 6. The city range shows the lower quarter, median and upper quarter of its census tracts.

How Nashua compares with New Hampshire and United States medians
Metric Nashua lower · median · upper Nashua New Hampshire NH United States US
Census ACS B19013 · 2020 to 2024
$91,124 $99,818 $111,995 $97,380 $77,171
Census ACS B15003 · 2020 to 2024
40% 49% 59% 50% 41%
Census ACS B01001 · 2020 to 2024
34% 35% 36% 30% 32%
FHFA HPI · 2025
7.3% 7.4% 7.5% 7.5% 5.2%
HUD SAFMR · 2018 to 2027 + Census ACS B25064 · 2014 to 2024
4.9% 5.2% 5.7% 4.1% 3.8%
Census ACS B25103 · 2020 to 2024 + Lincoln Institute
1.68% every tract 1.66% 1.65%
Census ACS B25141 · 2020 to 2024 + U.S. Treasury FIO
0.28% 0.30% 0.31% 0.33% 0.56%
Census ACS B25064 + B19013 · 2020 to 2024
27.3% 28.7% 32.3% 30.1% 30.8%
04.

About this data

PriceDNA uses the most local reliable data available for each metric. Some signals are available at the census-tract level. Others are published or more reliable at broader geographies such as county, metro, state, or national level.

Housing-unit totals are approximate. PriceDNA sums Census ACS counts for the tracts assigned to the city by centroid, so the market total can differ from a municipal boundary count when a tract crosses the city line.

The property-tax assumption combines local residential tax data with a state-level apartment benchmark to provide more conservative context for rental-property underwriting. Insurance assumptions use available residential property insurance data and should be verified for the specific property and coverage.

These pages are designed for market screening and investor education. They do not replace property-level underwriting, inspections, appraisals, insurance quotes, lender review, or professional advice.

05.

Nearby markets

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