Work & commute · Peterborough

Work & commute in Peterborough, NH

About one in 4 of Peterborough’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Keene (5%), Jaffrey (5%) and Manchester (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

824 of 3,036 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,212 Peterborough residents head out of town to work, 824 work right here, and 3,799 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peterborough.

2,212live here, work elsewhere

824live and work here

3,799work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peterborough goes to work

Peterborough (in town)right here

27%824

Keene19 mi away

5%162

Jaffrey7.3 mi away

5%153

Manchester26 mi away

5%145

Nashua24.8 mi away

4%128

Milford14.4 mi away

4%114

Concord30.5 mi away

3%96

Boston, MA60.9 mi away

2%65

Merrimack21.5 mi away

2%62

Portsmouth59.9 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,233

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

How far

How far Peterborough commutes

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

38%

24%

25%

14%

38%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peterborough is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Peterborough are

4,623 jobs are based in Peterborough. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Peterborough’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Peterborough

4,623 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Peterborough residents hold

3,036 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+1%

Jobs based in Peterborough, 2013 → 2023: 4,563 → 4,623. 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.