Berlin, New Hampshire.
Typical home $183,670 (-3.4% in a year), asking rent $1,323 . Berlin, NH metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$655 (+212%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $6,557 -3%
- $190,227$183,670 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $59,200 +48%
- $124,470$183,670 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.
- Berlin$964
- New Hampshire$2,682
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 9 years.
Typical home values in Berlin, NH fell 3.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Berlin, Coos County, New Hampshire
Berlin is a city of 9,425 people in Coos County. Half its households earn more than $45,180 a year and half less, against $57,677 across Coos County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. 63% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 37% are rented. Unemployment in Berlin was 3.3% in August 2026, and Coos County had 1.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Berlin is a small city in Coos County, in the northern part of New Hampshire. Its residents are older than in most American places, and incomes run below the county's. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and a typical home costs less than in much of the country. Winters are long, cold and very snowy, and summers are mild.
Work. Most residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops and the building trades also employing many. Among the largest workplaces in Berlin are Androscoggin Valley Hospital, the Berlin School District and White Mountains Community College. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across much of the country, the typical commute is short, and very few people work from home. Across Coos County, the number of jobs slipped last year.
Things to do. Jericho Mountain State Park, a protected area, lies in or beside town, as does the West Branch of the Upper Ammonoosuc River. A short drive away is the Mount Jasper Lithic Source, an archaeological site. For a longer drive, the White Mountain National Forest is a large protected area, a day out for walkers and anyone fond of the outdoors.
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- 3,705households
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Coos County had 11,730 jobs in 2025, 1.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 25° and lows near 4°; warmest in July, with highs near 76° and lows near 53°. About 96 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the York Pond weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Berlin
- Androscoggin Valley HospitalCritical access hospital240FTE
- Berlin School DistrictSchool district221FTE
- White Mountains Community CollegeTwo-year college138
- Bureau of Prisons/federal Prison SystemFederal government · Department of Justice132
- St. Vincent de Paul Rehab and Nursing CeNursing homes85
- AGS Supermarkets541154
- White Mountain LumberBeams, wood, made from logs or bolts49
- Olympus PowerElectric power generation, biomass29
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 597 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherVery high
- Cold wavesVery high
- AvalanchesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Lightningrelatively high in parts of BerlinRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Berlin’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Coos County and the Berlin, NH metro.
Berlin home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Berlin$183,670
- New Hampshire$510,937
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Berlin listings — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Berlin28.92%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Berlin77
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Berlin17
Zip codes with a Berlin address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Berlin — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.