Work & commute · Eaton

Work & commute in Eaton, NH

Most working residents leave Eaton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Conway (30%), Madison (10%) and Bartlett (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
1 of 167 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
24%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 166 Eaton residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eaton.

166live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
40work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Eaton goes to work

LewistonBostonManchesterNashuaBridgtonCape ElizabethParsonsfieldBrownfieldConwayFreedomWolfeboroBartlettEatonEffinghamOssipeeBedfordMadisonTamworthConwayMadisonBartlettOssipeeBostonFreedomBedfordManchesterNashuaWolfeboroEaton
1
Conway6.9 mi away
30%50
2
Madison5.3 mi away
10%17
3
Bartlett14.6 mi away
4%7
4
Ossipee12.9 mi away
4%7
5
Boston, MA108.8 mi away
3%5
6
Freedom4.7 mi away
3%5
7
Bedford71.5 mi away
3%5
8
Manchester66.7 mi away
2%4
9
Nashua83 mi away
2%4
10
Wolfeboro21.1 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%59

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

How far

How far Eaton commutes

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

38%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
31%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Eaton is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eaton are

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

Jobs based in Eaton

41 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)88%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Eaton residents hold

167 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month61%
−72%

Jobs based in Eaton, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 41. 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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