Nelson NH Real Estate & Homes for Sale

There are 2 active MLS listings for homes in Nelson right now. Asking prices currently run from $464,900 to $2,950,000. This page reads the live feed, so the count changes as homes come on the market and go under contract.

Active listings for homes in Nelson currently average $1,707,450 with a median asking price of $2,950,000. Averages move with the mix of homes on the market at any moment, so treat them as a snapshot rather than a valuation.

The active listings in Nelson have been on the market for an average of 79 days so far. Well-priced homes move faster than that average, so if you are watching this market it pays to see new listings the day they appear.

Use the Get Alerts button at the top of this page — it saves exactly this search and emails you when a matching listing hits the MLS. Or contact our local team and tell us what you're looking for; we watch this market every day.

Nelson, NH uses ZIP code 03457. The town is in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

Nelson's 2025 total property tax rate is $17.79 per $1,000 of assessed value (municipal, county, local and state education combined), per the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration. Village or water districts can add to it, and the bill depends on the assessed value, not the sale price.

Nelson, NH is in eastern Cheshire County, with the Hillsborough County line as its eastern border. Stoddard is to the north, Antrim to the northeast, Hancock to the east, Harrisville to the south, Roxbury to the southwest and Sullivan to the west. The town is crossed by Route 9.

The town of Nelson NH holds Spoonwood Pond and part of Nubanusit Lake in the east, part of Silver Lake in the south and part of Granite Lake in the north, where the village of Munsonville sits at the lake's outlet. Water covers about 1.4 of the town's 23.3 square miles.

Nelson is known for its Monday night contradance in the town hall, part of a tradition of dances held there for more than 200 years, and for the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music. The Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway hiking trail passes through the center of town.

Houses for sale in Nelson NH are found in the village of Munsonville at the outlet of Granite Lake, which is now largely summer homes, near Nubanusit Lake, Spoonwood Pond and Silver Lake, and along Route 9 and the hill roads toward Osgood Hill. See the grid on this page for current listings.