Work & commute · Northfield

Work & commute in Northfield, NH

Most working residents leave Northfield for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Concord (17%), Tilton (11%) and Laconia (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

142 of 2,451 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,309 Northfield residents head out of town to work, 142 work right here, and 1,165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northfield.

2,309live here, work elsewhere

142live and work here

1,165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northfield goes to work

Concord11.7 mi away

17%410

Tilton5 mi away

11%276

Laconia12.6 mi away

7%181

Northfield (in town)right here

6%142

Franklin6.8 mi away

6%141

Manchester29.3 mi away

4%94

Belmont6.2 mi away

3%71

Gilford12.1 mi away

3%64

Bow18.6 mi away

2%54

Hooksett22.8 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%977

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

How far

How far Northfield commutes

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

33%

36%

24%

33%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northfield is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northfield are

1,307 jobs are based in Northfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northfield

1,307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Northfield residents hold

2,451 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+49%

Jobs based in Northfield, 2013 → 2023: 876 → 1,307. 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.