Work & commute · Grantham

Work & commute in Grantham, NH

Most working residents leave Grantham for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (27%), Newport (7%) and New London (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

85 of 1,264 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,179 Grantham residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 341 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grantham.

1,179live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

341work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grantham goes to work

Lebanon9.7 mi away

27%336

Newport10.4 mi away

7%87

New London10.5 mi away

7%86

Grantham (in town)right here

7%85

Hanover14.2 mi away

3%44

Hartford, VT15.7 mi away

3%44

Concord35.5 mi away

3%41

Manchester51.1 mi away

3%33

Claremont12.9 mi away

2%29

Springfield5.8 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%451

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

How far

How far Grantham commutes

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

21%

46%

11%

21%

21%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grantham is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grantham are

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

Jobs based in Grantham

426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Grantham residents hold

1,264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+53%

Jobs based in Grantham, 2013 → 2023: 279 → 426. 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.