Work & commute · Auburn

Work & commute in Auburn, NH

Most working residents leave Auburn for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (21%), Nashua (6%) and Concord (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

167 of 3,248 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,081 Auburn residents head out of town to work, 167 work right here, and 1,945 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Auburn.

3,081live here, work elsewhere

167live and work here

1,945work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Auburn goes to work

Manchester4.1 mi away

21%667

Nashua18.1 mi away

6%193

Concord19.3 mi away

6%186

Londonderry8 mi away

5%172

Auburn (in town)right here

5%167

Bedford9.6 mi away

5%167

Hooksett7.3 mi away

4%129

Derry8.4 mi away

4%128

Merrimack12.6 mi away

4%115

Boston, MA49 mi away

3%98

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,226

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Auburn commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

45%

34%

16%

45%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Auburn is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Auburn are

2,112 jobs are based in Auburn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Auburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Auburn

2,112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Auburn residents hold

3,248 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+42%

Jobs based in Auburn, 2013 → 2023: 1,488 → 2,112. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.