Work & commute · Keene

Work & commute in Keene, NH

45% of Keene’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Swanzey (4%), Brattleboro (3%) and Lebanon (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

4,690 of 10,417 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,727 Keene residents head out of town to work, 4,690 work right here, and 10,668 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keene.

5,727live here, work elsewhere

4,690live and work here

10,668work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keene goes to work

Keene (in town)right here

45%4,690

Swanzey6.6 mi away

4%420

Brattleboro, VT17.7 mi away

3%337

Lebanon47.2 mi away

3%280

Concord42.3 mi away

2%245

Manchester43.7 mi away

2%220

Westmoreland6.3 mi away

2%187

Nashua43.7 mi away

2%170

Peterborough19 mi away

2%165

Jaffrey15.2 mi away

2%158

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%3,545

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

How far

How far Keene commutes

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

53%

15%

17%

15%

53%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keene is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Keene are

15,358 jobs are based in Keene. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Keene’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Keene

15,358 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Keene residents hold

10,417 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−9%

Jobs based in Keene, 2013 → 2023: 16,800 → 15,358. 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.