Cost comparison
Compare rent, housing, utilities, groceries, salary needs, and move score across the city profiles currently available in LifeAtlas.
New Hampshire
Hanover is a supplemental starter city profile for the premium college-town housing market in New Hampshire, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
New Hampshire
Portsmouth is the premium seacoast housing market in New Hampshire, promoted in source-ready batch 04 for comparisons around housing, wages, insurance, taxes, benefits, and moving costs.
Comparison
Portsmouth has the lower salary-needed estimate, while Portsmouth has the lower starter rent. Differences are shown as Portsmouth minus Hanover.
| Metric | Hanover | Portsmouth | Difference | Advantage | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $4,600 | $2,737 | -$1,863 | Portsmouth | Portsmouth has the lower median rent. |
| Home price | $972,057 | $798,662 | -$173,395 | Portsmouth | Portsmouth has the lower home price. |
| Utilities | $242/mo | $237/mo | -$5/mo | Portsmouth | Portsmouth has the lower utilities. |
| Groceries index | 113 | 111 | -2 | Portsmouth | Portsmouth has the lower groceries index. |
| Salary needed | $103,202 | $100,440 | -$2,762 | Portsmouth | Portsmouth has the lower salary needed. |
| Move score | 68/100 | 66/100 | -2 | Hanover | Hanover has the higher move score. |