Work & commute · Kingston

Work & commute in Kingston, NH

Most working residents leave Kingston for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Exeter (8%), Portsmouth (6%) and Manchester (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

200 of 2,980 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 2,780 Kingston residents head out of town to work, 200 work right here, and 1,245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingston.

2,780live here, work elsewhere

200live and work here

1,245work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingston goes to work

Exeter7.7 mi away

8%233

Kingston (in town)right here

7%200

Portsmouth18 mi away

6%184

Manchester19.4 mi away

4%108

Plaistow4.8 mi away

4%108

Haverhill, MA9.1 mi away

3%103

Boston, MA40.3 mi away

3%99

Newburyport, MA11.8 mi away

3%96

Salem11.5 mi away

3%93

Hampton12.2 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,692

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

How far

How far Kingston commutes

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

33%

46%

14%

33%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingston is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingston are

1,445 jobs are based in Kingston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kingston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kingston

1,445 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Kingston residents hold

2,980 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+5%

Jobs based in Kingston, 2013 → 2023: 1,375 → 1,445. 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.