Home values, rents and more in Amherst, NH
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Amherst compares
The typical home in Amherst, NH is worth about $656,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Amherst are 27% above the typical value in the Manchester metro area ($517,000) and 1.8 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Amherst rose 2.4%, compared with +2.2% in the Manchester metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $154,286, against $103,545 in the Manchester metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 726 people live in Amherst (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Amherst has the 6th-highest typical home value of the 31 cities in the Manchester metro area and the 34th-highest of 231 in New Hampshire with Zillow figures.
Part of: Hillsborough County, NH · Manchester metro area · New Hampshire
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.