Work & commute · Lyme

Work & commute in Lyme, NH

Most working residents leave Lyme for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (18%), Hanover (16%) and Plymouth (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 715 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 682 Lyme residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 254 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyme.

682live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

254work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lyme goes to work

Lebanon14.8 mi away

18%131

Hanover8 mi away

16%117

Plymouth19 mi away

5%39

Lyme (in town)right here

5%33

Bristol23.3 mi away

4%26

Manchester66.1 mi away

3%21

Hartford, VT18 mi away

3%19

Hebron17.6 mi away

2%17

Groton13.1 mi away

2%12

Laconia34.8 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%289

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

How far

How far Lyme commutes

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

19%

44%

14%

22%

19%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lyme is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lyme are

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

Jobs based in Lyme

287 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Lyme residents hold

715 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−21%

Jobs based in Lyme, 2013 → 2023: 364 → 287. 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.