Work & commute · Gorham

Work & commute in Gorham, NH

About one in 4 of Gorham’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Berlin (20%), Concord (6%) and Conway (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

331 of 1,315 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 984 Gorham residents head out of town to work, 331 work right here, and 1,195 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gorham.

984live here, work elsewhere

331live and work here

1,195work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gorham goes to work

Gorham (in town)right here

25%331

Berlin7.4 mi away

20%268

Concord82.2 mi away

6%82

Conway27.5 mi away

5%68

Lancaster17.9 mi away

2%27

Littleton29.7 mi away

2%24

Jackson14.4 mi away

2%24

Manchester98.1 mi away

2%21

Carroll16 mi away

2%20

Hart's Location19.5 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%434

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

How far

How far Gorham commutes

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

47%

15%

30%

47%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gorham is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gorham are

1,526 jobs are based in Gorham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gorham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gorham

1,526 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Gorham residents hold

1,315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+3%

Jobs based in Gorham, 2013 → 2023: 1,482 → 1,526. 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.