Work & commute · Brookline

Work & commute in Brookline, NH

Most working residents leave Brookline for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Nashua (20%), Manchester (7%) and Merrimack (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

187 of 2,835 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,648 Brookline residents head out of town to work, 187 work right here, and 644 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookline.

2,648live here, work elsewhere

187live and work here

644work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookline goes to work

Nashua9.4 mi away

20%571

Manchester20.1 mi away

7%204

Brookline (in town)right here

7%187

Merrimack10.6 mi away

6%178

Milford4.8 mi away

5%137

Hollis4.6 mi away

4%113

Bedford14.7 mi away

3%90

Amherst9.5 mi away

3%80

Concord33.9 mi away

2%69

Hudson13.5 mi away

2%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,148

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

How far

How far Brookline commutes

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

33%

44%

17%

33%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookline is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookline are

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

Jobs based in Brookline

831 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Brookline residents hold

2,835 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+61%

Jobs based in Brookline, 2013 → 2023: 515 → 831. 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.