Work & commute · Stratham

Work & commute in Stratham, NH

Most working residents leave Stratham for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Portsmouth (19%), Exeter (10%) and Boston (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

269 of 3,639 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,370 Stratham residents head out of town to work, 269 work right here, and 3,823 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stratham.

3,370live here, work elsewhere

269live and work here

3,823work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stratham goes to work

Portsmouth6.9 mi away

19%696

Exeter3.5 mi away

10%359

Stratham (in town)right here

7%269

Boston, MA47.5 mi away

3%122

Manchester27.4 mi away

3%121

Dover11.9 mi away

3%117

Hampton6.3 mi away

3%117

Newington6.1 mi away

3%95

Durham7.3 mi away

2%68

Seabrook9.3 mi away

2%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,610

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

How far

How far Stratham commutes

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

52%

17%

24%

52%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stratham is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stratham are

4,092 jobs are based in Stratham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stratham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stratham

4,092 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Stratham residents hold

3,639 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+36%

Jobs based in Stratham, 2013 → 2023: 3,011 → 4,092. 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.