Chichester, New Hampshire.
. Concord, NH metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,249 (+142%) since Jan 2020.
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.
- New Hampshire$2,129
- United States$1,811
Typical home values in Chichester, NH rose 1.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Chichester, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
Chichester is a town of 2,665 people in Merrimack County. Half its households earn more than $109,297 a year and half less, against $97,004 across Merrimack County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 86% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 14% are rented. Unemployment in Merrimack County was 2.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Chichester is a small town in Merrimack County where nearly everyone owns the home they live in, and the typical household earns more than the county's typical household. Residents tend to be somewhat older than in many places, and fewer people live below the poverty line than you might expect. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month and plenty of snow through the season, while July brings warm days and the year as a whole is fairly wet.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in professional and business services, shops and government. Within the town itself, SiteOne Landscape Supply is among the largest workplaces. Commutes are fairly long, and a good number of people work from home.
Things to do. The New Hampshire Motor Speedway, a race track, is a short drive away, as is the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, a museum. Canterbury Shaker Village, also a museum, is a short drive too, and Lake Winnipesaukee is a longer drive for a day by the water.
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- 1,043households
- 37%of adults have a degree
- 6%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 19%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Merrimack County had 76,521 jobs in 2025, 0.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 13°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 59°. About 68 inches of snow and 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Concord Municipal Airport weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Chichester
- SiteOne Landscape SupplyGarden supplies merchant wholesalers49
- Sevita 162020_6Other residential care facilities27
- Manchester BranchPest control services24
- SevitaOther residential care facilities21
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 121 people in all. 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
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Merrimack County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Merrimack County and the Concord, NH metro.
Chichester home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Chichester8
Zip codes with a Chichester address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Chichester — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.