Work & commute · Northumberland

Work & commute in Northumberland, NH

Most working residents leave Northumberland for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (14%), Littleton (7%) and Berlin (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

162 of 979 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 817 Northumberland residents head out of town to work, 162 work right here, and 324 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northumberland.

817live here, work elsewhere

162live and work here

324work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northumberland goes to work

Northumberland (in town)right here

17%162

Lancaster6.8 mi away

14%140

Littleton20.7 mi away

7%64

Berlin13.3 mi away

5%51

Concord92.3 mi away

4%44

Whitefield13.8 mi away

4%40

Colebrook23.2 mi away

3%27

Gorham19.9 mi away

2%24

Conway44.8 mi away

2%22

Carroll18.2 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%386

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

How far

How far Northumberland commutes

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

32%

25%

10%

34%

32%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northumberland is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northumberland are

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

Jobs based in Northumberland

486 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Northumberland residents hold

979 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+55%

Jobs based in Northumberland, 2013 → 2023: 314 → 486. 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.