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Work & commute · Center Harbor

Work & commute in Center Harbor, NH

Most working residents leave Center Harbor for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Laconia (9%), Meredith (9%) and Concord (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
18 of 438 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 420 Center Harbor residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 342 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Center Harbor.

420live here, work elsewhere
18live and work here
342work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Center Harbor goes to work

PortsmouthLaconiaManchesterConcordPlymouthCenter HarborNew HamptonBristolMeredithTiltonMoultonboroughHoldernessBelmontGilfordLaconiaMeredithConcordBristolManchesterPlymouthNew HamptonPortsmouthTiltonCenter Harbor
1
Laconia8.8 mi away
9%39
2
Meredith5 mi away
9%39
3
Concord32.6 mi away
7%30
4
Bristol11.4 mi away
5%22
5
Manchester49.7 mi away
5%20
6
Plymouth11.2 mi away
5%20
7
New Hampton8.2 mi away
5%20
8
Center Harbor (in town)right here
4%18
9
Portsmouth57.6 mi away
3%13
10
Tilton16.3 mi away
3%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%204

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

How far

How far Center Harbor commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
30%10–24 mi
21%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Center Harbor is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Center Harbor are

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

Jobs based in Center Harbor

360 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Center Harbor residents hold

438 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month64%
+23%

Jobs based in Center Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 360. 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.

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