97% of South Hooksett’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave South Hooksett for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (28%), Hooksett (9%) and Concord (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.
Work and commuting in South Hooksett, in brief
South Hooksett trades workers with the towns around it
South Hooksett has about as many jobs (3,276) as working residents (2,845), but they are mostly different people: 2,763 residents leave for work each day while 3,194 people come in. Only 3% of the jobs in South Hooksett are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
South Hooksett and Manchester trade workers both ways
Manchester is the top workplace for South Hooksett residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in South Hooksett come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in South Hooksett than ten years ago
Jobs counted in South Hooksett fell from 4,615 in 2013 to 3,276 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 2,763 residents head out to work, 82 work right here, and 3,194 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
28% of working residents work in Manchester
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where South Hooksett clocks in
28% of workers
9% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 3,276 jobs in South Hooksett are
3,276 jobs are based in South Hooksett. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Hooksett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in South Hooksett, 2013 → 2023: 4,615 → 3,276. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Half of South Hooksett commutes less than 9 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
About 26 minutes each way, about the NH average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of South Hooksett workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
28% of South Hooksett works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Manchester (28%). Darker towns draw more of South Hooksett’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of South Hooksett
Commuter talk
Getting to work from South Hooksett, from the people who make the trip.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.