Work & commute · Cornish

Work & commute in Cornish, NH

Most working residents leave Cornish for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (34%), Plainfield (9%) and Hartford (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 619 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 595 Cornish residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cornish.

595live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cornish goes to work

Lebanon11.6 mi away

34%211

Plainfield4.9 mi away

9%53

Hartford, VT13.8 mi away

7%43

Claremont6.1 mi away

5%29

Cornish (in town)right here

4%24

Hanover18.3 mi away

3%21

Newport8.9 mi away

3%20

Nashua64.9 mi away

3%16

Windsor, VT5.5 mi away

2%14

Concord41.2 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%175

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

How far

How far Cornish commutes

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

25%

50%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cornish is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cornish are

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

Jobs based in Cornish

142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Cornish residents hold

619 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+12%

Jobs based in Cornish, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 142. 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.