Work & commute · Goffstown

Work & commute in Goffstown, NH

Most working residents leave Goffstown for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (23%), Bedford (7%) and Nashua (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

807 of 9,586 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,779 Goffstown residents head out of town to work, 807 work right here, and 4,128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goffstown.

8,779live here, work elsewhere

807live and work here

4,128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goffstown goes to work

Manchester6.1 mi away

23%2,248

Goffstown (in town)right here

8%807

Bedford5.9 mi away

7%670

Nashua19 mi away

6%608

Concord14.7 mi away

6%556

Londonderry12.7 mi away

4%373

Merrimack11.7 mi away

4%349

Boston, MA54.8 mi away

3%310

Hooksett7 mi away

3%283

Salem23.2 mi away

2%171

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%3,211

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

How far

How far Goffstown commutes

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

45%

30%

17%

45%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goffstown 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 Goffstown are

4,935 jobs are based in Goffstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Goffstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Goffstown

4,935 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Goffstown residents hold

9,586 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+6%

Jobs based in Goffstown, 2013 → 2023: 4,655 → 4,935. 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.