Work & commute · Canterbury

Work & commute in Canterbury, NH

Most working residents leave Canterbury for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Concord (25%), Manchester (11%) and Laconia (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 1,212 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,157 Canterbury residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canterbury.

1,157live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

290work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canterbury goes to work

Concord8.4 mi away

25%306

Manchester25.8 mi away

11%130

Canterbury (in town)right here

5%55

Laconia15.7 mi away

4%52

Tilton8.5 mi away

3%39

Nashua41.8 mi away

3%34

Belmont8.8 mi away

3%33

Bedford28.8 mi away

3%31

Bow15.2 mi away

2%30

Pembroke13.6 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%474

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

How far

How far Canterbury commutes

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

27%

36%

31%

27%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canterbury is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canterbury are

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

Jobs based in Canterbury

345 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Canterbury residents hold

1,212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+30%

Jobs based in Canterbury, 2013 → 2023: 265 → 345. 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.