Why Choose Durham?

Durham is an historic university town located beside Great Bay at the mouth of the Oyster River. Our citizens enjoy strong community bonds, excellent schools, recreational and cultural opportunities, an accessible downtown, and a rural quality evident in visible, verdant expanses. 

It is a town diverse in age groups, occupational endeavors, geographical backgrounds, and interests. The University of New Hampshire (UNH) the state’s largest public institution of higher learning, contributes to the Town’s character, economy, and purpose.  Residents value positive interactions with the university population.

The community's vision encourages mixed residential and commercial development in and near the downtown including retail establishments, offices, services, eateries, and other businesses that will serve local needs and interests while attracting visitors from neighboring vicinities.  In designated areas beyond downtown, balanced development can be accomplished by prudently integrating our community’s range of values.  Through forward-thinking engagement on the part of our citizens and town government, in tandem with continued pursuit of a productive partnership with UNH, our vision for Durham’s future can be realized.
 

Some of Durham's important qualities:

• An affluent population
• Constant educated pool of workforce residents
• Commercial partnerships with University of New Hampshire
• Bedroom suburb of Boston with multiple modes of transportation (Air, Bus, Rail both Passenger and Freight)
• High Quality of Life
• Hundreds of acres of conservation land, parks and trails
• Mountains, lakes and the ocean are all easily accessible for a day trip
• Located 15 minutes from Portsmouth by car
• Portland, Maine is 1 hour away and Boston is 1.5 hours by train
• 4 airports within 70 miles of Town