Work & commute · Deerfield

Work & commute in Deerfield, NH

Most working residents leave Deerfield for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (14%), Concord (6%) and Portsmouth (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
202 of 2,669 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
34 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 2,467 Deerfield residents head out of town to work, 202 work right here, and 418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deerfield.

2,467live here, work elsewhere
202live and work here
418work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Deerfield goes to work

BostonPortsmouthManchesterNashuaConcordPittsfieldDeerfieldRaymondNottinghamEpsomCandiaNorthwoodStraffordLondonderryHooksettAllenstownBedfordExeterManchesterConcordPortsmouthBedfordHooksettExeterLondonderryBostonNashuaDeerfield
1
Manchester14.2 mi away
14%364
2
Deerfield (in town)right here
8%202
3
Concord16.8 mi away
6%173
4
Portsmouth24.5 mi away
4%98
5
Bedford19.9 mi away
3%86
6
Hooksett10.4 mi away
3%85
7
Exeter18 mi away
3%80
8
Londonderry19 mi away
3%79
9
Boston, MA56.9 mi away
3%76
10
Nashua29.3 mi away
3%74
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%1,352

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

How far

How far Deerfield commutes

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

14%Under 10 mi
56%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
12%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Deerfield 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 Deerfield are

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

Jobs based in Deerfield

620 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Deerfield residents hold

2,669 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%
Over $3,333 a month75%
+84%

Jobs based in Deerfield, 2013 → 2023: 337 → 620. 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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