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Conway · Carroll County · labor +16.4%
Driveway paving cost in Conway, NH
A 600 sq ft driveway in asphalt driveway comes to about $3,300 to $7,800 in Conway once the national installed price is adjusted for what paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators earn locally. The town's fee schedule names this work puts the permit at $100 for a job at the midpoint.
Figures checked October 20, 2026 · sources
- 1Asphalt, 600 sq ft $3,300–$7,800
- 2Labor index +16.4% vs US
- 3Conway permit $100
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Driveway paving prices in Conway by material
Each row starts from the installed price per square foot of driveway published in a national cost guide, then moves only the labor part of that price by Conway's labor index. For 600 sq ft:
| Material | National | Conway | Midpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asphalt driveway | $3,000–$7,200 | $3,300–$7,800 | $5,550 |
| Concrete driveway | $3,600–$9,000 | $3,400–$8,500 | $5,950 |
| Gravel driveway | $2,400–$6,000 | $2,600–$6,500 | $4,550 |
By size
| Driveway area (sq ft) | Conway estimate | Permit at midpoint |
|---|---|---|
| 400 sq ft | $2,200–$5,200 | $100 |
| 600 sq ft | $3,300–$7,800 | $100 |
| 800 sq ft | $4,400–$10,400 | $100 |
| 1,000 sq ft | $5,500–$13,000 | $100 |
Asphalt driveway. Some contractors have a minimum charge of $2,000 or more. (HomeGuide: Asphalt driveway cost (May 28, 2025))
Permit fee in Conway
Named in the schedule The fee schedule names this kind of work.
“Driveway Permit (for access on to Town Roads) $100.00”
Applied to a 600 sq ft driveway estimated at $3,300 to $7,800, that gives $100 to $100, about 1.8% of the midpoint price. Among the 5 towns on this site whose schedules cover this work, Conway ranks 2 from the cheapest; Exeter is lowest at $10 and Barnstead highest at $125 for its own midpoint job. This permit covers a new access onto a town road; a repave of an existing driveway may not need it.
Schedule: Town of Conway Residential Building Permit Application, Permit Fees (pg. 10) (application dated 3.18.2025). The building department decides whether a permit is required and what valuation it accepts; the national guide puts driveway permits at an amount it does not state.
Why Conway differs from the national price
Conway is in Carroll County, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in the Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area nonmetropolitan area. BLS publishes no paving, surfacing and tamping equipment operators wage for that area (too few survey responses), so the New Hampshire median, $29.85 an hour against $25.64 nationally, stands in: a labor factor of 1.164 (+16.4%).
On this job the labor portion is $1,800 to $3,600 at national rates and $2,100 to $4,200 at Conway rates, so the midpoint rises $440 above the national figure. Against the New Hampshire statewide wage it is the same. Materials are priced at the national figure: shingle, lumber and equipment prices are set by distributors, not by a town.
Conway at a glance
Conway had 10,244 residents in the state's 2025 estimate, up 1.3% from 10,115 in 2010, slower than the state's 7.5%. At 148 people per square mile it is one of the most rural towns on this site (16 of 19 by density); travel time to outlying jobs is part of what a contractor prices in.
71.2% of Conway's occupied homes are lived in by their owners, fewer than the 72.8% statewide, and the median owner-occupied home is valued at $314,000 (New Hampshire: $402,500). The midpoint estimate for this driveway works out to 1.8% of that median value, a small share of what a typical house there is worth.
Taking off the old driveway
Remove the old driveway adds $2 to $6 per sq ft nationally (“Removing an old driveway adds $2 to $6 per square foot on average.”). That work is all labor, so at Conway's index it is $1,400 to $4,200 for 600 sq ft, on top of the estimate above.
Before asking for quotes
- The Conway building department can say for free whether this job needs a permit and what it will cost; the schedule linked above is its own published document.
- Written quotes that list the same scope (area, material line, removal, disposal, permit) can be compared line by line; the quote comparison guide walks through it with these numbers.
- A quote far below $3,300 or above $7,800 is not wrong in itself, but it is worth asking what it includes or leaves out.
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Driveway paving in nearby towns
| Town | Labor area | Estimate | Permit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstead | Central NH | $3,300–$7,800 | $125 |
| Durham | Boston-Cambridge-Newton | $3,500–$8,200 | $100 |
| Exeter | Boston-Cambridge-Newton | $3,500–$8,200 | $10 |
| Newport | Southwestern NH | $3,300–$7,800 | $100 |
More: all driveway paving town pages · permit fees by town · labor costs in New Hampshire
Sources
- Installed price: HomeGuide: Asphalt driveway cost (May 28, 2025) — “An asphalt driveway costs $5 to $12+ per square foot for the materials and professional installation.”.
- Labor portion: HomeGuide: Asphalt driveway cost (May 28, 2025) — “Labor is $3 to $6+ and materials are $2 to $6+, for an average total of $5 to $12+.”.
- Labor index: O*NET OnLine, Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators (47-2071.00), New Hampshire local wages; area definitions: BLS, May 2025 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Definitions.
- Permit: Town of Conway Residential Building Permit Application, Permit Fees (pg. 10).
- Population: NH Office of Planning and Development, 2025 Population Estimates of New Hampshire Cities and Towns (published July 17, 2026); housing: Census QuickFacts, Conway.
All figures checked October 20, 2026. Estimates are ranges built from published averages, not quotes; a contractor's price depends on the house, access, the season and the scope written into the quote. Cost by Town does not perform or arrange work.