Derry
The value play, with Pinkerton Academy on the label.
- Median home price
- $485,000
- Mill rate (NH property tax)
- 26.15
- Commute to Boston
- 55 min · I-93 via Exit 4
- School district
- Derry Cooperative School District / Pinkerton Academy
A neighbor's read on Derry.
Derry is the town that gives you the most home per dollar in the service area. Pinkerton Academy is the anchor, a 3,000-student private-independent high school that most of the region sends its kids to on public-school tuition.
Downtown Derry around Hood Park has quietly become walkable again. The housing stock is everything from 1840s capes on Hampstead Road to new builds near Beaver Lake.
The best way to really feel out a town is a fifteen-minute call. Tell me what you are trying to do. I will tell you honestly whether Derry is the right fit or whether one of the other six towns in the service area gets you closer to the life you are trying to build.
What makes Derry itself.
Pinkerton Academy
regional independent high school, anchors the whole district
🏛️ Hood Park and downtown Derry
walkable main street, Derry Opera House, farmers market
Beaver Lake and Ballard Pond
two small lake neighborhoods inside town limits
Best price-per-square-foot in the service area outside of Pelham
Exit 4 commute adds 5 to 10 minutes over Salem but the savings on the house cover it
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A lot of Derry’s best homes never hit Zillow. Estate sales, pre-market relists, the neighbor who is finally downsizing and wants one quiet conversation before it goes live. Call me and tell me what you are looking for. I will tell you what is actually moving in Derry right now.
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Before it is public
I hear about pre-market homes from other Jill & Co. agents, from neighbors, and from past clients. Text me the zip code and price range.
Pass on the wrong ones
Skip the dud showings
I will tell you when a listing is not worth the Saturday drive. Septic age, foundation water, flood-zone oddities — I have seen them here for twenty years.
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Closed price is not the whole story. Concessions, contingencies, how many offers it had. I know what the house actually sold for, not just the headline number.
Derry Cooperative School District / Pinkerton Academy
Feeder lines and boundary-line questions matter more than the district name. If you are thinking about Derry for the schools, the first call is about which side of town you land on inside the district. I will walk you through it.
District website and official boundary maps: link pending client confirmation.
55 minutes to Boston (I-93 via Exit 4)
- Boston
55 min via I-93 via Exit 4. - Manchester
Roughly 25 to 35 minutes via I-93 north. Manchester-Boston Regional Airport is typically 20 to 30 minutes. - Portsmouth / Seacoast
Typically 45 to 55 minutes via Route 101 east from I-93. - Transit
Park-and-ride commuter bus options out of Salem and Londonderry to South Station. Schedule details confirmed on request.
Want to know if Derry fits your life?
Pick a fifteen-minute slot. Tell me what you are trying to do. I will tell you whether Derry is the right answer, or point you toward the town that is.