Work & commute · North Hampton

Work & commute in North Hampton, NH

Most working residents leave North Hampton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Portsmouth (18%), Hampton (7%) and Exeter (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

163 of 2,191 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,028 North Hampton residents head out of town to work, 163 work right here, and 2,116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Hampton.

2,028live here, work elsewhere

163live and work here

2,116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Hampton goes to work

Portsmouth6.1 mi away

18%389

North Hampton (in town)right here

7%163

Hampton2.8 mi away

7%163

Exeter6.7 mi away

6%134

Manchester31.1 mi away

4%92

Dover14.5 mi away

3%63

Boston, MA45.7 mi away

3%61

Nashua37.1 mi away

2%50

Stratham4.4 mi away

2%45

Seabrook6.9 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%987

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

How far

How far North Hampton commutes

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

48%

17%

27%

48%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Hampton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Hampton are

2,279 jobs are based in North Hampton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Hampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Hampton

2,279 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs North Hampton residents hold

2,191 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+6%

Jobs based in North Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 2,151 → 2,279. 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.