Work & commute · Hanover

Work & commute in Hanover, NH

About one in 3 of Hanover’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (27%), Hartford (3%) and Manchester (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

1,221 of 3,617 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,396 Hanover residents head out of town to work, 1,221 work right here, and 6,234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanover.

2,396live here, work elsewhere

1,221live and work here

6,234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanover goes to work

Hanover (in town)right here

34%1,221

Lebanon6.8 mi away

27%978

Hartford, VT10.8 mi away

3%121

Manchester63 mi away

3%98

Nashua75.7 mi away

1%51

Portsmouth84 mi away

1%43

Concord46 mi away

1%40

Bedford63.3 mi away

1%33

Boston, MA112.7 mi away

1%30

Norwich, VT8 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%973

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

How far

How far Hanover commutes

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

65%

26%

65%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanover is a job hub

2.06jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hanover are

7,455 jobs are based in Hanover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hanover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hanover

7,455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Hanover residents hold

3,617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−25%

Jobs based in Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 9,894 → 7,455. 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.