Work & commute · Meredith

Work & commute in Meredith, NH

About one in 4 of Meredith’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Laconia (13%), Concord (6%) and Gilford (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

631 of 2,729 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,098 Meredith residents head out of town to work, 631 work right here, and 2,457 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meredith.

2,098live here, work elsewhere

631live and work here

2,457work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meredith goes to work

Meredith (in town)right here

23%631

Laconia3.9 mi away

13%351

Concord27.7 mi away

6%166

Gilford9.9 mi away

4%111

Moultonborough8.9 mi away

4%106

Manchester44.7 mi away

4%98

Plymouth13.8 mi away

3%81

Portsmouth53.4 mi away

2%54

Tilton11.7 mi away

2%49

Belmont10.9 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,037

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

How far

How far Meredith commutes

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

46%

14%

22%

18%

46%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meredith is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Meredith are

3,088 jobs are based in Meredith. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Meredith’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Meredith

3,088 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Meredith residents hold

2,729 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+20%

Jobs based in Meredith, 2013 → 2023: 2,581 → 3,088. 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.