Work & commute · Orford

Work & commute in Orford, NH

Most working residents leave Orford for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (16%), Hanover (8%) and Wentworth (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 562 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 547 Orford residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orford.

547live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

323work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orford goes to work

Lebanon20.3 mi away

16%90

Hanover13.5 mi away

8%44

Wentworth5.7 mi away

5%29

Concord50.8 mi away

4%24

Plymouth18.1 mi away

4%22

Hartford, VT23.2 mi away

4%22

Bradford, VT10.8 mi away

3%18

Orford (in town)right here

3%15

Haverhill13.4 mi away

2%13

Fairlee, VT7.7 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%273

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

How far

How far Orford commutes

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

13%

47%

16%

25%

13%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orford is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orford are

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

Jobs based in Orford

338 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Orford residents hold

562 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+77%

Jobs based in Orford, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 338. 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.