Work & commute · Plaistow

Work & commute in Plaistow, NH

Most working residents leave Plaistow for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Haverhill (7%), Salem (5%) and Manchester (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

401 of 4,318 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,917 Plaistow residents head out of town to work, 401 work right here, and 4,312 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plaistow.

3,917live here, work elsewhere

401live and work here

4,312work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plaistow goes to work

Plaistow (in town)right here

9%401

Haverhill, MA4.3 mi away

7%297

Salem7.6 mi away

5%210

Manchester20.2 mi away

4%162

Boston, MA35.7 mi away

4%159

Andover, MA14.1 mi away

3%129

Nashua21.2 mi away

3%120

Portsmouth21.7 mi away

3%117

Lawrence, MA10.6 mi away

3%114

Methuen, MA8.3 mi away

3%111

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%2,498

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

How far

How far Plaistow commutes

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

34%

46%

15%

34%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plaistow is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plaistow are

4,713 jobs are based in Plaistow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plaistow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plaistow

4,713 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Plaistow residents hold

4,318 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+2%

Jobs based in Plaistow, 2013 → 2023: 4,628 → 4,713. 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.