Work & commute · Durham

Work & commute in Durham, NH

Most working residents leave Durham for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Portsmouth (12%), Manchester (6%) and Dover (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

699 of 3,820 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,121 Durham residents head out of town to work, 699 work right here, and 5,871 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Durham.

3,121live here, work elsewhere

699live and work here

5,871work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Durham goes to work

Durham (in town)right here

18%699

Portsmouth8.1 mi away

12%451

Manchester28.2 mi away

6%237

Dover4.9 mi away

6%230

Nashua38.7 mi away

3%119

Concord33.3 mi away

2%90

Exeter9.4 mi away

2%87

Bedford33.8 mi away

2%81

Salem27.6 mi away

2%79

Newington5.3 mi away

2%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,675

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

How far

How far Durham commutes

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

45%

12%

30%

14%

45%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Durham is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Durham are

6,570 jobs are based in Durham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Durham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Durham

6,570 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Durham residents hold

3,820 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+13%

Jobs based in Durham, 2013 → 2023: 5,810 → 6,570. 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.