Work & commute · Northwood

Work & commute in Northwood, NH

Most working residents leave Northwood for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Concord (9%), Portsmouth (8%) and Manchester (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

230 of 2,515 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,285 Northwood residents head out of town to work, 230 work right here, and 981 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northwood.

2,285live here, work elsewhere

230live and work here

981work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northwood goes to work

Concord17.1 mi away

9%236

Northwood (in town)right here

9%230

Portsmouth24.6 mi away

8%195

Manchester19.3 mi away

7%186

Dover17.2 mi away

4%107

Boston, MA61.7 mi away

3%85

Rochester13.6 mi away

3%82

Exeter20.3 mi away

2%54

Hooksett14.5 mi away

2%53

Barrington9.2 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,237

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

How far

How far Northwood commutes

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

14%

55%

17%

14%

14%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northwood is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northwood are

1,211 jobs are based in Northwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northwood

1,211 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Northwood residents hold

2,515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+28%

Jobs based in Northwood, 2013 → 2023: 943 → 1,211. 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.