Nashua at a glance
Nashua is New Hampshire's Gate City, the first city you reach after US Route 3 crosses the Massachusetts line and becomes the F.E. Everett Turnpike. It grew up at the confluence of the Nashua and Merrimack rivers as a textile mill town, and the brick mills and the canal are still part of the landscape. With 91,322 residents at the 2020 census it is the second largest city in the state, yet it still centers on a single Main Street downtown.
For buyers coming up from Methuen, Lawrence, Lowell or Haverhill, Nashua is often the first New Hampshire address on the list. The drive to work in Massachusetts barely changes, and the tax picture changes enough that it pays to understand it before you write an offer. Liriano Realty is licensed in both states (NH brokerage license 081961) and works this route every week.
Neighborhoods and housing stock
Downtown Nashua runs along Main Street, with brick storefronts, restaurants and the Riverwalk beside the Nashua River. Just north of downtown, the blocks around Concord, Amherst and Main streets make up the Nashville Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, with Federal, Italianate and Late Victorian houses built between the early 1800s and the 1920s. This is the North End: older colonials and Victorians, larger lots than most of the city, and Greeley Park's 125 acres running from Concord Street down to the Merrimack River.
The South End sits between downtown and the state line, served by Exits 1 through 3 of the turnpike. Housing there leans toward capes, ranches and colonials from the middle of the last century, with condos and townhomes near the Daniel Webster Highway and Pheasant Lane Mall, which was built at 310 Daniel Webster Highway right at the line.
The west side, out toward Broad Street and Groton Road, is where most of the newer construction is. Terrell Farm at 35 Groton Road, a conservation-style development of 25 detached homes approved in 2019, shows what has gone up there: ranch-style and two-story homes with two-car garages, usually under condominium ownership with private roads. Closer to the mills you will also find two-family houses, and townhomes cluster around the Exit 8 area.
Commute and daily life
The Everett Turnpike carries US Route 3 up the west side of Nashua with eight exits inside the city, then continues south into the Boston area and north to Manchester. Exit 7 feeds downtown and Route 101A toward Amherst and Milford, Exit 8 reaches 101A by way of Somerset Parkway, and Exit 6 connects to Broad Street and the Broad Street Parkway that opened in 2015 to link the turnpike with downtown. Boston Express runs buses from the Exit 8 park-and-ride to South Station and Logan Airport, and the Nashua Transit System operates nine local routes.
Mine Falls Park is the outdoor anchor: 325 acres between the Nashua River and the mill canal, laced with trails. The Nashua River Rail Trail starts at Gilson Road on the west side and runs 12.5 paved miles to Ayer, Massachusetts. Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, a 188-bed hospital, is in the heart of downtown. Rivier University and Nashua Community College are both here, and BAE Systems is among the largest employers.
New Hampshire taxes, explained simply
New Hampshire has no state sales tax and no broad-based income tax, and the old tax on interest and dividends was repealed as of January 1, 2025. The property tax pays for city services. Each fall the NH Department of Revenue Administration sets every municipality's rate, and a Nashua bill combines four parts: the city rate, the local school rate, the statewide education rate and the county rate. Rates vary widely by town, so compare the actual bill, not just the rate. For 2025 Nashua's total tax rate is $16.83 per $1,000 of assessed value, and assessed value is about 90.4 percent of market value, so confirm both figures with the assessor's office when you make an offer, because they change every year.
There is also a real estate transfer tax at closing. In New Hampshire the tax is $0.75 per $100 of the sale price, charged to the buyer and to the seller separately. In Massachusetts the deeds excise is customarily paid by the seller only. The buy and sell pages break down what that means for each side.
The Nashua market today
Nashua's median sale price as of May 2026 is $537,000, and the typical sale lands between $430,000 and $680,000. Listings average 25 days on market and it is a seller's market: a well-priced home draws multiple offers within the first weekend or two.
How Liriano Realty helps in Nashua
Liriano Realty works out of 240 Pleasant St Unit: 10, Methuen, MA 01844, and broker and owner Jefri Liriano is licensed in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The team works in English and Spanish, so someone selling in Lawrence and buying in Nashua can handle both closings with one office and one conversation.
Start with our Nashua home buying guide, read how we sell homes in Nashua, or bookmark this Nashua real estate hub and contact us when you are ready to talk.