Work & commute · Hampstead

Work & commute in Hampstead, NH

Most working residents leave Hampstead for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (7%), Manchester (6%) and Nashua (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

407 of 4,797 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,390 Hampstead residents head out of town to work, 407 work right here, and 2,273 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hampstead.

4,390live here, work elsewhere

407live and work here

2,273work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hampstead goes to work

Hampstead (in town)right here

8%407

Salem6.9 mi away

7%316

Manchester15.5 mi away

6%298

Nashua18.5 mi away

3%167

Plaistow4.7 mi away

3%165

Portsmouth23.4 mi away

3%158

Derry5.6 mi away

3%156

Boston, MA38.7 mi away

3%154

Haverhill, MA8 mi away

3%152

Londonderry11.2 mi away

3%122

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,702

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

How far

How far Hampstead commutes

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

32%

44%

18%

32%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hampstead is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hampstead are

2,680 jobs are based in Hampstead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hampstead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hampstead

2,680 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Hampstead residents hold

4,797 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+29%

Jobs based in Hampstead, 2013 → 2023: 2,073 → 2,680. 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.