Work & commute · Barnstead

Work & commute in Barnstead, NH

Most working residents leave Barnstead for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Concord (18%), Pittsfield (5%) and Rochester (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

136 of 2,324 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,188 Barnstead residents head out of town to work, 136 work right here, and 244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barnstead.

2,188live here, work elsewhere

136live and work here

244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barnstead goes to work

Concord17.3 mi away

18%414

Barnstead (in town)right here

6%136

Pittsfield5 mi away

5%119

Rochester14.6 mi away

5%113

Laconia19.2 mi away

4%88

Manchester26.9 mi away

3%76

Dover22 mi away

3%67

Wolfeboro18.8 mi away

3%65

Hooksett20.9 mi away

3%65

Alton9.6 mi away

3%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,119

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

How far

How far Barnstead commutes

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

16%

56%

20%

16%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barnstead is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barnstead are

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

Jobs based in Barnstead

380 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Barnstead residents hold

2,324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+47%

Jobs based in Barnstead, 2013 → 2023: 259 → 380. 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.