Strafford NH Real Estate & Homes for Sale

There are 6 active MLS listings for homes in Strafford right now. Asking prices currently run from $429,900 to $800,000. 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 Strafford currently average $574,267 with a median asking price of $549,900. 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 Strafford have been on the market for an average of 40 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.

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Strafford, NH uses ZIP code 03884. The town is in Strafford County, New Hampshire.

Strafford's 2025 total property tax rate is $20.96 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.

Strafford is in Strafford County, and the town took its name from the county when it was incorporated in 1820. The county was organized in 1773 under colonial governor John Wentworth and named for Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford. Before 1820, Strafford was part of Barrington and was set off because of the long trip to town meetings.

Bow Lake covers 1,160 acres in the southern part of Strafford, and Bow Lake Village is one of the town's two main settlements, along with Center Strafford. Water makes up about 2.2 of the town's 51.2 square miles, most of it in Bow Lake and the Isinglass, Berrys and Big rivers.

Parker Mountain, at 1,420 feet above sea level, is the highest point in Strafford and in the Blue Hills Range, which divides the town in half from southwest to northeast. It is the most prominent peak in Strafford County. Buyers looking at Strafford NH homes for sale will find much of the town shaped by these hills.

Austin-Cate Academy was a school in the center of Strafford village. Shoe manufacturer George Cate left it $200,000 on condition that his name join Austin's, and a new building marked 1903 was built on the hill to designs by J. Edward Richardson. The property is now a state National Guard training center.