Lancaster, New Hampshire.
Typical home $302,620 (-0.3% in a year). Berlin, NH metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$999 (+170%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $797 -0%
- $303,417$302,620 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $80,925 +37%
- $221,695$302,620 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.
- Lancaster$1,588
- New Hampshire$2,682
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Lancaster, NH fell 0.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Lancaster, Coos County, New Hampshire
Lancaster, in Coos County, had 1,941 people in the 2020 census. 65% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 35% are rented. Unemployment in Coos County was 2.7% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Lancaster is a small town in Coos County, in the far north of New Hampshire. Winters are long and cold, with a lot of snow, and summers are pleasantly warm rather than hot. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and a good share of residents hold a four-year degree. Incomes in the county are on the modest side, and the typical commute is short.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in professional and business services, shops and other services. Some of the largest workplaces in town are Shaws Supermarkets, Country Village Genesis Center and Trividia Manufacturing Solutions. Unemployment in the county is low and has eased a little over the past year, though the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before.
Things to do. The Israel River runs in or beside town, and Neal Pond and the Johns River are a short drive away. Santa's Village, an amusement park, is also a short drive away. For a longer outing, White Mountain National Forest, a large protected area, is a longer drive away.
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- 892households
- 23%of adults have a degree
- 19%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 11%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 3°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 54°. About 76 inches of snow and 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lancaster weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lancaster
- Shaws SupermarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores95
- Country Village Genesis CenterSkilled nursing facilities57
- Trividia Manufacturing SolutionsPharmaceutical preparations manufacturing41
- Eversource - LancasterDistribution of electric power33
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 226 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
- Winter weatherVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- Cold wavesVery high
- AvalanchesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lancaster’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. 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.
Lancaster home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Lancaster$302,620
- New Hampshire$510,937
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Lancaster listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Lancaster24.81%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Lancaster21
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Lancaster7
Zip codes with a Lancaster address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lancaster — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.