Work & commute · Laconia

Work & commute in Laconia, NH

About one in 4 of Laconia’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Concord (9%), Gilford (7%) and Meredith (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

2,153 of 7,683 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,530 Laconia residents head out of town to work, 2,153 work right here, and 6,236 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laconia.

5,530live here, work elsewhere

2,153live and work here

6,236work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laconia goes to work

Laconia (in town)right here

28%2,153

Concord24.1 mi away

9%676

Gilford6.6 mi away

7%524

Meredith3.9 mi away

4%311

Tilton8.7 mi away

4%303

Belmont7.1 mi away

4%303

Manchester40.9 mi away

3%235

Portsmouth50.2 mi away

2%144

Nashua57.2 mi away

1%111

Plymouth16.8 mi away

1%110

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,813

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

How far

How far Laconia commutes

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

48%

18%

21%

13%

48%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laconia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Laconia are

8,389 jobs are based in Laconia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Laconia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Laconia

8,389 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Laconia residents hold

7,683 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−4%

Jobs based in Laconia, 2013 → 2023: 8,749 → 8,389. 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.