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The median home value in Amherst, NH is $670,681 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.02% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$670,681
Year-over-Year
+2.02%
Population
11,922
Amherst ranks #5 of 42 New Hampshire cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 33.0% above the state's city median of $504,457. It sits in Hillsborough County, where the county-wide median is $528,960.
Median household income in Amherst is $154,286, so the typical home value is about 4.3× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Amherst police recorded a violent crime rate of 8 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 931 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Amherst, that value is $670,681. That's up 2.02% from a year earlier. It is about 33.0% above the typical New Hampshire city tracked here.
Homes in Amherst are more expensive than Hillsborough County as a whole, where the median is $528,960 — a difference of about 26.8%.
Median household income here is $154,286, so the typical home value is about 4.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Amherst police reported 8 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 11,922. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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