Work & commute · Pembroke

Work & commute in Pembroke, NH

Most working residents leave Pembroke for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Concord (22%), Manchester (17%) and Hooksett (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

316 of 4,056 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,740 Pembroke residents head out of town to work, 316 work right here, and 2,212 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pembroke.

3,740live here, work elsewhere

316live and work here

2,212work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pembroke goes to work

Concord7.6 mi away

22%911

Manchester12.6 mi away

17%676

Pembroke (in town)right here

8%316

Hooksett6 mi away

5%198

Bedford16.8 mi away

4%143

Nashua29 mi away

3%127

Londonderry20 mi away

3%114

Bow5.5 mi away

3%104

Merrimack22.2 mi away

1%58

Allenstown3.1 mi away

1%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,351

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

How far

How far Pembroke commutes

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

43%

34%

16%

43%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pembroke is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pembroke are

2,528 jobs are based in Pembroke. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pembroke’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pembroke

2,528 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Pembroke residents hold

4,056 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+20%

Jobs based in Pembroke, 2013 → 2023: 2,111 → 2,528. 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.