Cost of living in Epping, New Hampshire

Epping, New Hampshire has about 2,796 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $384,800.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in this town's area (Portsmouth-Rochester, NH HUD Metro FMR Area) is $2,093 a month. That rate runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, prices sit at 108.3 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

New Hampshire does not tax wages. A typical combined sales tax is 0.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Epping's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical New Hampshire home paid 26.60¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Epping's bill.

EIA does not publish a New Hampshire gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the New England (PADD 1A) all-grades price was $4.433 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,127.84 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in New Hampshire shares this price.

Among 59 places we list in New Hampshire with a rent figure, 25 have higher typical rent than Epping.