Work & commute · Seabrook

Work & commute in Seabrook, NH

Most working residents leave Seabrook for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Portsmouth (8%), Hampton (5%) and Newburyport (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

715 of 4,320 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,605 Seabrook residents head out of town to work, 715 work right here, and 5,435 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seabrook.

3,605live here, work elsewhere

715live and work here

5,435work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seabrook goes to work

Seabrook (in town)right here

17%715

Portsmouth12.9 mi away

8%361

Hampton4.1 mi away

5%219

Newburyport, MA5.1 mi away

5%209

Exeter8.7 mi away

4%175

Manchester30.2 mi away

4%170

Boston, MA38.8 mi away

3%128

Salem19.3 mi away

3%108

Salisbury, MA2.9 mi away

2%107

Nashua33.1 mi away

2%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,038

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

How far

How far Seabrook commutes

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

39%

31%

23%

39%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seabrook is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Seabrook are

6,150 jobs are based in Seabrook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seabrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Seabrook

6,150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Seabrook residents hold

4,320 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+12%

Jobs based in Seabrook, 2013 → 2023: 5,474 → 6,150. 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.