Work & commute · Epping

Work & commute in Epping, NH

Most working residents leave Epping for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Portsmouth (11%), Exeter (8%) and Manchester (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

285 of 3,517 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 3,232 Epping residents head out of town to work, 285 work right here, and 3,096 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Epping.

3,232live here, work elsewhere

285live and work here

3,096work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Epping goes to work

Portsmouth15.6 mi away

11%386

Exeter7.7 mi away

8%297

Epping (in town)right here

8%285

Manchester18.5 mi away

4%146

Stratham9.7 mi away

3%101

Dover13.9 mi away

3%99

Hampton15 mi away

3%99

Boston, MA49.8 mi away

3%97

Seabrook16.2 mi away

2%84

Raymond5.9 mi away

2%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,842

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

How far

How far Epping commutes

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

27%

50%

17%

27%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Epping is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Epping are

3,381 jobs are based in Epping. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Epping’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Epping

3,381 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Epping residents hold

3,517 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+38%

Jobs based in Epping, 2013 → 2023: 2,443 → 3,381. 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.