Work & commute · Bow

Work & commute in Bow, NH

Most working residents leave Bow for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Concord (24%), Manchester (17%) and Bedford (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

370 of 4,137 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,767 Bow residents head out of town to work, 370 work right here, and 3,866 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bow.

3,767live here, work elsewhere

370live and work here

3,866work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bow goes to work

Concord7 mi away

24%989

Manchester11.3 mi away

17%715

Bow (in town)right here

9%370

Bedford13.7 mi away

5%194

Hooksett5.8 mi away

4%153

Nashua26.6 mi away

3%110

Merrimack19.4 mi away

2%102

Londonderry19 mi away

2%81

Lebanon50 mi away

2%68

Goffstown7.9 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,298

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

How far

How far Bow commutes

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

44%

32%

16%

44%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bow is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bow are

4,236 jobs are based in Bow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bow

4,236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Bow residents hold

4,137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+24%

Jobs based in Bow, 2013 → 2023: 3,420 → 4,236. 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.