Moving to Keene: Pros, Cons & What to Know
Moving to Keene means joining a real, genuinely walkable Monadnock-region college town, with below-national housing costs offset by a genuinely extreme local property tax rate.
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Learn moreA walkable, small-college-town anchor
Keene carries a cited 96 Walk Score downtown, anchored by Keene State College and Antioch University-New England.
A genuinely extreme property tax rate
Keene's 2026 property tax rate ($34.37/$1,000) is the second-highest in New Hampshire, behind only Charlestown.
Below-national housing costs
Keene's cited median home price (~$339,000) runs below the national median comparison figure.
Key takeaways
- Keene's downtown carries a real, cited 96 Walk Score.
- Keene's property tax rate is the second-highest in New Hampshire as of 2026.
- Housing costs run below the national median despite the high tax rate.
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