Work & commute · Marlborough

Work & commute in Marlborough, NH

Most working residents leave Marlborough for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Keene (31%), Jaffrey (7%) and Peterborough (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 947 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 917 Marlborough residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 312 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marlborough.

917live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

312work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marlborough goes to work

Keene8 mi away

31%291

Jaffrey7.1 mi away

7%64

Peterborough12 mi away

5%49

Swanzey6.3 mi away

5%47

Troy4 mi away

4%34

Marlborough (in town)right here

3%30

Concord39.3 mi away

2%23

Manchester37.7 mi away

2%17

Fitzwilliam9.5 mi away

2%15

Westmoreland14 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%363

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

How far

How far Marlborough commutes

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

46%

22%

16%

46%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marlborough is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marlborough are

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

Jobs based in Marlborough

342 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Marlborough residents hold

947 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−24%

Jobs based in Marlborough, 2013 → 2023: 450 → 342. 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.