Work & commute · Grafton

Work & commute in Grafton, NH

Most working residents leave Grafton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (14%), Bristol (8%) and Concord (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 601 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 596 Grafton residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grafton.

596live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grafton goes to work

Lebanon15.7 mi away

14%85

Bristol12.6 mi away

8%51

Concord30.7 mi away

6%35

Hanover15.4 mi away

5%31

Laconia23.5 mi away

4%25

Canaan9.1 mi away

4%25

Plymouth16.2 mi away

4%24

Franklin16.4 mi away

3%21

Hartford, VT22.6 mi away

2%14

Enfield8.6 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%279

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

How far

How far Grafton commutes

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

10%

56%

17%

10%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grafton is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grafton are

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

Jobs based in Grafton

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Grafton residents hold

601 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−17%

Jobs based in Grafton, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 29. 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.