Work & commute · Greenland

Work & commute in Greenland, NH

Most working residents leave Greenland for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Portsmouth (26%), Newington (7%) and Dover (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 1,984 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,913 Greenland residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 1,807 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenland.

1,913live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

1,807work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenland goes to work

Portsmouth3.6 mi away

26%519

Newington3.2 mi away

7%135

Dover10.3 mi away

5%97

Manchester30.5 mi away

4%84

Exeter6.8 mi away

4%79

Greenland (in town)right here

4%71

Boston, MA49.6 mi away

3%52

Stratham3.3 mi away

2%47

Rye6.4 mi away

2%46

Hampton7 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%814

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

How far

How far Greenland commutes

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

53%

15%

24%

53%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenland are

1,878 jobs are based in Greenland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenland

1,878 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Greenland residents hold

1,984 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+18%

Jobs based in Greenland, 2013 → 2023: 1,598 → 1,878. 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.