Work & commute · Somersworth

Work & commute in Somersworth, NH

Most working residents leave Somersworth for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Portsmouth (17%), Dover (15%) and Rochester (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

647 of 6,050 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,403 Somersworth residents head out of town to work, 647 work right here, and 4,812 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somersworth.

5,403live here, work elsewhere

647live and work here

4,812work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somersworth goes to work

Portsmouth14.4 mi away

17%1,002

Dover4.6 mi away

15%882

Somersworth (in town)right here

11%647

Rochester5.4 mi away

7%451

Manchester33.6 mi away

3%182

Newington12.1 mi away

3%176

Durham9.3 mi away

3%166

Concord33.9 mi away

2%144

Exeter18.7 mi away

2%125

Nashua46.3 mi away

2%102

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%2,173

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

How far

How far Somersworth commutes

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

40%

34%

18%

40%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somersworth is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Somersworth are

5,459 jobs are based in Somersworth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Somersworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Somersworth

5,459 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Somersworth residents hold

6,050 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+4%

Jobs based in Somersworth, 2013 → 2023: 5,267 → 5,459. 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.