Property Tax & Income in Strafford County, New Hampshire
Strafford County has an effective property tax rate of 1.85%. On the median home value of $362,800, that's roughly $6,708 per year. Median household income is $88,570.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Strafford County | New Hampshire (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.85% | 1.78% |
| Median home value1 | $362,800 | — |
| State income tax3 | No state income tax | No state income tax |
| State sales tax3 | 0.00% combined | 0.00% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Strafford County, NH
Buying in Strafford County means weighing a $362,800 median home value against an annual property tax bill of about $6,708, based on an effective rate of 1.849%. That rate sits above New Hampshire's statewide median of 1.782% and ranks fourth among the state's ten counties, so taxes here run somewhat higher than in much of the rest of New Hampshire. Against a median household income of $88,570, the yearly tax equals roughly 7.6 cents on every dollar earned. The county's 1.849% rate is also more than double the national median of 0.794%, a gap worth planning for. Communities such as Rochester, Lee, and Dover anchor the county, with Rochester the largest of the three. Per-capita income of $46,304 offers another gauge of local earning power. For a prospective buyer, the combination of mid-range Granite State home prices and above-average tax rates shapes what carrying costs look like.