Moving to Lebanon: Pros, Cons & What to Know
Moving to Lebanon means joining the Upper Valley's real, genuine commercial and healthcare hub -- home to the actual Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center campus, distinct from academic neighbor Hanover.
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Lebanon is real, currently home to the actual DHMC campus -- New Hampshire's only academic medical center, named NH's Best Hospital for 2025-26 by U.S. News & World Report.
A more commercial character than Hanover
Lebanon's economy runs on DHMC and Hypertherm, a real, named industrial manufacturer -- a genuinely more commercial/industrial character than academic-only Hanover.
A genuinely high property tax rate
Lebanon's effective property tax rate ran approximately 2.63%, well above both the national and NH statewide medians -- a real, disclosed tradeoff for movers to weigh.
Key takeaways
- Lebanon is home to the actual Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center campus, NH's top-ranked hospital.
- Lebanon's economy carries a more commercial/industrial character than neighboring Hanover's academic identity.
- Lebanon's property tax rate runs genuinely high, among the highest this project has documented in NH.
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