Zip lookup · NH

03253
Meredith, New Hampshire.

Meredith, Belknap County, NH · Laconia, NH metro · population 6,707

What it costs per month · 03253 $3,611/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,312 (+178%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $23,466 +4%
$664,538$688,004 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $172,611 +33%
$515,393$688,004 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 03253 $3,611 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 03253$3,611
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.

Typical home values in zip 03253 rose 3.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Meredith, NH — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $2,358 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $688,004 as of Sep 2026
+3.5%year on year

Asking rent — 03253

Against the Laconia, NH metro and the national benchmark.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Typical home value — 03253

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 03253 $688,004 Laconia $507,608 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 03253$688,004
  • Laconia$507,608
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 32 zips in range — sorting picks from all 32.

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4.2 03246 Laconia 17,103 $1,887 $437,594
4.9 03226 Center Harbor 1,005 — $718,804
6.9 03256 New Hampton 2,497 — $490,030
7.6 03249 Gilford 7,830 $1,950 $545,330
8.8 03217 Ashland 2,183 — $359,781
8.8 03269 Sanbornton 3,066 — $543,621
8.8 03254 Moultonborough 5,172 — $726,949
9.4 03245 Holderness 1,917 — $666,070
10.2 03853 Mirror Lake 656 — $899,349
11.4 03220 Belmont 7,393 — $461,203
12.7 03264 Plymouth 6,885 — $377,156
12.8 03227 Center Sandwich 1,388 — $584,995
13.1 03810 Alton Bay 2,314 — $678,352
13.5 03816 Center Tuftonboro 1,538 — $592,722
14.2 03222 Bristol 6,097 — $432,806
14.6 03276 Tilton 9,015 — $428,607
15.1 03237 Gilmanton 2,575 — $453,589
15.2 03243 Hill 952 — $422,376
15.4 03235 Franklin 8,903 $1,888 $380,448
16.1 03894 Wolfeboro 6,554 — $650,379
16.8 03837 Gilmanton Iron Works 1,451 — $509,030
17.0 03241 Hebron 1,150 — $560,065
17.3 03259 North Sandwich 252 — $529,745
17.4 03223 Campton 3,441 — $413,893
18.3 03814 Center Ossipee 2,324 — $455,564
18.9 03809 Alton 3,680 — $530,382
19.1 03886 Tamworth 1,618 — $390,149
19.3 03890 West Ossipee 164 — $373,423
19.5 03224 Canterbury 2,392 — $509,836
19.6 03216 Andover 2,046 — $465,639

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.