Work & commute · Derry

Work & commute in Derry, NH

Most working residents leave Derry for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (12%), Londonderry (7%) and Nashua (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,956 of 18,172 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,216 Derry residents head out of town to work, 1,956 work right here, and 7,241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Derry.

16,216live here, work elsewhere

1,956live and work here

7,241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Derry goes to work

Manchester10.6 mi away

12%2,178

Derry (in town)right here

11%1,956

Londonderry5.6 mi away

7%1,248

Nashua14.3 mi away

6%1,153

Salem7.5 mi away

6%1,140

Boston, MA40.7 mi away

3%574

Bedford13.3 mi away

3%533

Merrimack12.3 mi away

3%461

Concord27.7 mi away

2%448

Andover, MA17.6 mi away

2%393

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%8,088

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

How far

How far Derry commutes

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

37%

41%

17%

37%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Derry is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Derry are

9,197 jobs are based in Derry. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Derry’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Derry

9,197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Derry residents hold

18,172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+19%

Jobs based in Derry, 2013 → 2023: 7,739 → 9,197. 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.