Work & commute · Canaan

Work & commute in Canaan, NH

Most working residents leave Canaan for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (33%), Hanover (12%) and Hartford (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

244 of 1,814 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,570 Canaan residents head out of town to work, 244 work right here, and 410 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canaan.

1,570live here, work elsewhere

244live and work here

410work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canaan goes to work

Lebanon11.1 mi away

33%607

Canaan (in town)right here

13%244

Hanover7.4 mi away

12%216

Hartford, VT17.2 mi away

5%88

Enfield6.9 mi away

5%82

Concord39.7 mi away

3%54

Manchester57.2 mi away

2%28

Nashua70.6 mi away

1%16

Newport23.3 mi away

1%12

Portsmouth76.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%456

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

How far

How far Canaan commutes

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

29%

46%

17%

29%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canaan is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canaan are

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

Jobs based in Canaan

654 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Canaan residents hold

1,814 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−5%

Jobs based in Canaan, 2013 → 2023: 688 → 654. 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.