Work & commute · Bedford

Work & commute in Bedford, NH

Most working residents leave Bedford for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (21%), Nashua (8%) and Merrimack (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,671 of 11,235 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 9,564 Bedford residents head out of town to work, 1,671 work right here, and 17,571 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bedford.

9,564live here, work elsewhere

1,671live and work here

17,571work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bedford goes to work

Manchester5.8 mi away

21%2,329

Bedford (in town)right here

15%1,671

Nashua13.1 mi away

8%874

Merrimack5.8 mi away

6%729

Concord20.6 mi away

4%476

Londonderry8.3 mi away

3%359

Boston, MA49.4 mi away

3%356

Salem18.9 mi away

2%248

Hooksett11 mi away

2%232

Goffstown5.9 mi away

2%217

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%3,744

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

How far

How far Bedford commutes

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

50%

25%

19%

50%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bedford is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bedford are

19,242 jobs are based in Bedford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bedford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bedford

19,242 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Bedford residents hold

11,235 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+36%

Jobs based in Bedford, 2013 → 2023: 14,161 → 19,242. 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.