Buying the median home in Concord means financing $355,000. Against the area's $68,000 median household income, that works out to a 5.2x price-to-income ratio.
Property taxes in Concord run 2.08% of assessed value, above the 1.1% national average. On the median home, that's $7,384 a year, or $615 added to the monthly payment.
New Hampshire charges no state income tax. Every dollar of the $68,000 median household income here converts more directly into covering the $2,614/month payment.
Concord's cost of living index is 105, above the 100 national baseline. That's on top of the housing numbers above, not instead of them.
Concord's median home price runs 7% lower than nearby Manchester: $380,000 there versus $355,000 here.