Work & commute · Hooksett

Work & commute in Hooksett, NH

Most working residents leave Hooksett for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (28%), Concord (9%) and Bedford (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

719 of 7,365 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,646 Hooksett residents head out of town to work, 719 work right here, and 9,741 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hooksett.

6,646live here, work elsewhere

719live and work here

9,741work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hooksett goes to work

Manchester6.6 mi away

28%2,042

Hooksett (in town)right here

10%719

Concord12 mi away

9%678

Bedford11 mi away

6%430

Londonderry14.2 mi away

5%369

Merrimack16.2 mi away

4%297

Nashua23 mi away

3%245

Lebanon55.8 mi away

2%136

Derry15.7 mi away

2%133

Goffstown7 mi away

1%106

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%2,210

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

How far

How far Hooksett commutes

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

51%

30%

11%

51%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hooksett is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hooksett are

10,460 jobs are based in Hooksett. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hooksett’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hooksett

10,460 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Hooksett residents hold

7,365 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−1%

Jobs based in Hooksett, 2013 → 2023: 10,579 → 10,460. 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.