Work & commute · Sunapee

Work & commute in Sunapee, NH

Most working residents leave Sunapee for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (15%), New London (9%) and Newport (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

168 of 1,352 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,184 Sunapee residents head out of town to work, 168 work right here, and 464 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunapee.

1,184live here, work elsewhere

168live and work here

464work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunapee goes to work

Lebanon18.8 mi away

15%197

Sunapee (in town)right here

12%168

New London5.5 mi away

9%118

Newport5.7 mi away

8%114

Concord28.9 mi away

5%64

Newbury6.3 mi away

4%56

Claremont12.1 mi away

4%52

Bedford42.1 mi away

3%35

Manchester43 mi away

3%34

Nashua53.7 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%493

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

How far

How far Sunapee commutes

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

36%

26%

22%

15%

36%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunapee is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunapee are

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

Jobs based in Sunapee

632 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Sunapee residents hold

1,352 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+16%

Jobs based in Sunapee, 2013 → 2023: 547 → 632. 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.