Your Taxes
Where your New Boston tax dollars go — and how we compare.
Understanding Your Tax Bill
Your New Boston property tax bill is made up of four components. Here’s how your 2025 tax rate of $23.67 per $1,000 of assessed value breaks down:
Town
Police, fire, highway, administration
Local School
New Boston Central School (K-4) budget
State School
Statewide education tax (NH legislature)
County
Hillsborough County services
Tax rates are set each fall by the NH Department of Revenue Administration. View current and historical rates on the NH DRA website.
How New Boston Ranks
New Boston’s 2025 total tax rate of $23.67 per $1,000 of assessed value places it in the top 13% of New Hampshire municipalities — higher than 176 of 202 towns and cities with rates set.
Statewide (202 towns and cities)
- New Boston: $23.67
- State median: $16.90
- State average: $16.51
- $6.77 above the state median
- Ranked 26th highest of 202
Hillsborough County (26 towns and cities)
- New Boston: $23.67
- County median: $20.88
- County average: $20.35
- $2.79 above the county median
- Ranked 6th highest of 26
Among Hillsborough County neighbors: Amherst is $23.98, Goffstown is $20.88, Manchester is $20.24, Bedford is $16.49. The county’s highest rate is Hancock at $27.07.
The biggest driver of New Boston’s rate is the local school portion ($14.83), which accounts for 63% of the total bill. This reflects the cost of operating the New Boston Central School and the town’s share of SAU 19 cooperative expenses.
Source: NH Department of Revenue Administration, 2025 Municipal Tax Rates. 202 of ~234 towns and cities had rates set at time of publication. Five smaller Hillsborough County towns and cities (Sharon, Temple, Weare, Wilton, Windsor) are not included. Full data at revenue.nh.gov.