Work & commute · Bath

Work & commute in Bath, NH

Most working residents leave Bath for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Littleton (14%), Lisbon (14%) and Haverhill (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
19 of 461 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 442 Bath residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bath.

442live here, work elsewhere
19live and work here
89work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bath goes to work

LebanonManchesterConcordWells RiverLymanLisbonLittletonWhitefieldHaverhillLincolnFranconiaBathEastonLandaffMonroeLunenburgRyegateNewburySt. JohnsburyLittletonLisbonHaverhillFranconiaConcordLebanonMonroeLincolnManchesterBath
1
Littleton14.6 mi away
14%66
2
Lisbon8 mi away
14%63
3
Haverhill7.5 mi away
9%41
4
Franconia18.3 mi away
4%20
5
Bath (in town)right here
4%19
6
Concord69 mi away
3%15
7
Lebanon40.1 mi away
3%13
8
Monroe7.9 mi away
3%12
9
Lincoln18.7 mi away
2%11
10
Manchester87.1 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%191

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

How far

How far Bath commutes

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

31%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bath is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bath are

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

Jobs based in Bath

108 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)69%
Trade, transport & utilities2%
Services (health, schools, offices…)29%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Bath residents hold

461 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month66%
+46%

Jobs based in Bath, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 108. 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.

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