Work & commute · Bennington

Work & commute in Bennington, NH

Most working residents leave Bennington for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Peterborough (10%), Manchester (8%) and Concord (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 699 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 674 Bennington residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 401 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bennington.

674live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

401work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bennington goes to work

Peterborough9.2 mi away

10%70

Manchester23.3 mi away

8%59

Concord22.6 mi away

8%55

Nashua28 mi away

5%37

Hillsborough9.1 mi away

4%25

Bennington (in town)right here

4%25

Bedford19.4 mi away

3%24

Merrimack22.6 mi away

3%22

Salem38 mi away

3%18

Keene20.9 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%347

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

How far

How far Bennington commutes

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

21%

43%

24%

11%

21%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bennington is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bennington are

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

Jobs based in Bennington

426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Bennington residents hold

699 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+16%

Jobs based in Bennington, 2013 → 2023: 368 → 426. 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.