Work & commute · New Boston

Work & commute in New Boston, NH

Most working residents leave New Boston for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (20%), Goffstown (8%) and Bedford (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

155 of 3,228 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,073 New Boston residents head out of town to work, 155 work right here, and 571 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Boston.

3,073live here, work elsewhere

155live and work here

571work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Boston goes to work

Manchester11.1 mi away

20%635

Goffstown6 mi away

8%261

Bedford7.3 mi away

7%217

Nashua18.6 mi away

6%206

Concord17.8 mi away

6%181

Merrimack11.8 mi away

5%162

New Boston (in town)right here

5%155

Milford11.6 mi away

4%118

Londonderry15.6 mi away

3%102

Hooksett12.8 mi away

2%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,130

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

How far

How far New Boston commutes

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

24%

54%

15%

24%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Boston is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Boston are

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

Jobs based in New Boston

726 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs New Boston residents hold

3,228 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+25%

Jobs based in New Boston, 2013 → 2023: 581 → 726. 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.