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Work & commute · Hancock

Work & commute in Hancock, NH

Most working residents leave Hancock for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Peterborough (20%), Keene (7%) and Manchester (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
58 of 783 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 725 Hancock residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hancock.

725live here, work elsewhere
58live and work here
170work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Hancock goes to work

BostonKeeneManchesterNashuaConcordDerryMilfordPeterboroughAntrimHancockGreenfieldDublinSalemWinchesterBedfordBenningtonHarrisvilleJaffreyPeterboroughKeeneManchesterConcordJaffreyNashuaBostonSalemBedfordHancock
1
Peterborough6.7 mi away
20%158
2
Hancock (in town)right here
7%58
3
Keene15.7 mi away
7%53
4
Manchester28 mi away
6%45
5
Concord28.2 mi away
4%29
6
Jaffrey10.7 mi away
3%27
7
Nashua30.1 mi away
3%22
8
Boston, MA67 mi away
2%16
9
Salem41.4 mi away
2%16
10
Bedford23.5 mi away
2%16
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%343

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

How far

How far Hancock commutes

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

35%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
26%25–50 mi
13%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Hancock is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hancock are

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

Jobs based in Hancock

228 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities8%
Services (health, schools, offices…)72%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Hancock residents hold

783 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month65%
+57%

Jobs based in Hancock, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 228. 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.

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