Work & commute · Pelham

Work & commute in Pelham, NH

Most working residents leave Pelham for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Nashua (9%), Salem (7%) and Manchester (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

570 of 7,757 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,187 Pelham residents head out of town to work, 570 work right here, and 2,411 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pelham.

7,187live here, work elsewhere

570live and work here

2,411work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pelham goes to work

Nashua7.9 mi away

9%689

Pelham (in town)right here

7%570

Salem7.1 mi away

7%513

Manchester18.4 mi away

6%472

Lowell, MA6.4 mi away

6%432

Hudson4.2 mi away

4%293

Boston, MA32.1 mi away

4%280

Andover, MA10.6 mi away

3%261

Londonderry10.7 mi away

2%178

Lawrence, MA9.2 mi away

2%156

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%3,913

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

How far

How far Pelham commutes

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

43%

36%

17%

43%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pelham is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pelham are

2,981 jobs are based in Pelham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pelham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pelham

2,981 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Pelham residents hold

7,757 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+35%

Jobs based in Pelham, 2013 → 2023: 2,208 → 2,981. 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.