Work & commute · Newport

Work & commute in Newport, NH

About one in 4 of Newport’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (12%), Claremont (9%) and New London (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

895 of 3,170 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,275 Newport residents head out of town to work, 895 work right here, and 2,074 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newport.

2,275live here, work elsewhere

895live and work here

2,074work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newport goes to work

Newport (in town)right here

28%895

Lebanon18.4 mi away

12%370

Claremont6.7 mi away

9%288

New London11.1 mi away

4%118

Concord33.7 mi away

2%76

Sunapee5.7 mi away

2%73

Keene29.3 mi away

2%64

Hanover24.2 mi away

2%59

Manchester46.6 mi away

2%58

Newbury9.8 mi away

2%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,111

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

How far

How far Newport commutes

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

43%

27%

16%

14%

43%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newport is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newport are

2,969 jobs are based in Newport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newport

2,969 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Newport residents hold

3,170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−7%

Jobs based in Newport, 2013 → 2023: 3,182 → 2,969. 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.