Work & commute · Gilford

Work & commute in Gilford, NH

Most working residents leave Gilford for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Laconia (20%), Concord (9%) and Meredith (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

526 of 3,504 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,978 Gilford residents head out of town to work, 526 work right here, and 2,837 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gilford.

2,978live here, work elsewhere

526live and work here

2,837work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gilford goes to work

Laconia6.6 mi away

20%698

Gilford (in town)right here

15%526

Concord21.9 mi away

9%312

Meredith9.9 mi away

4%144

Belmont6.2 mi away

4%136

Tilton10.7 mi away

3%121

Manchester37.1 mi away

3%112

Portsmouth43.6 mi away

2%70

Plymouth23.4 mi away

1%50

Nashua53.5 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,289

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

How far

How far Gilford commutes

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

44%

19%

25%

12%

44%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gilford 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 Gilford are

3,363 jobs are based in Gilford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gilford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gilford

3,363 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Gilford residents hold

3,504 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+27%

Jobs based in Gilford, 2013 → 2023: 2,640 → 3,363. 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.