Work & commute · Strafford

Work & commute in Strafford, NH

Most working residents leave Strafford for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Portsmouth (13%), Dover (9%) and Rochester (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 1,861 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 1,737 Strafford residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 259 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Strafford.

1,737live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

259work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Strafford goes to work

Portsmouth24.6 mi away

13%238

Dover15.7 mi away

9%172

Rochester9.8 mi away

8%154

Strafford (in town)right here

7%124

Concord19.9 mi away

6%116

Northwood5.1 mi away

5%87

Manchester24.4 mi away

3%56

Exeter22.5 mi away

3%55

Durham16.6 mi away

3%51

Barrington7.8 mi away

2%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%762

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

How far

How far Strafford commutes

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

20%

55%

19%

20%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Strafford is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Strafford are

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

Jobs based in Strafford

383 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Strafford residents hold

1,861 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+8%

Jobs based in Strafford, 2013 → 2023: 353 → 383. 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.