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Work & commute in Suncook · A commuter town

96% of Suncook’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Suncook for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Concord (20%), Manchester (18%) and Pembroke (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Work in town
4%
102 of 2,897 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
25 min
Less than NH (27 min)
Work from home
16%
Less than NH (17%)
Jobs based here
969
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Suncook?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

20% of working residents work in Concord

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Manchester: 518 residents work here (18%)Nashua: 94 residents work here (3%)Concord: 587 residents work here (20%)DeerfieldEpsomMerrimack: 56 residents work here (2%)GoffstownLondonderry: 103 residents work here (4%)Pembroke: 187 residents work here (6%)Hooksett: 163 residents work here (6%)Allenstown: 63 residents work here (2%)Bedford: 113 residents work here (4%)Bow: 74 residents work here (3%)SuncookConcordManchesterPembrokeHooksettBedfordLondonderrySuncook
1
Concord8.7 mi away
20%587
2
Manchester10.4 mi away
18%518
3
Pembroke2.3 mi away
6%187
4
Hooksett3.8 mi away
6%163
5
Bedford14.5 mi away
4%113
6
Londonderry17.9 mi away
4%103
7
Nashua26.8 mi away
3%94
8
Bow4.4 mi away
3%74
9
Allenstown3.3 mi away
2%63
10
Merrimack19.9 mi away
2%56
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%939
The top trips

Where Suncook clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Suncook quiets down on a workday

On a workday 2,795 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 867 people come in from elsewhere.

2,795live here, work elsewhere
102live and work here
867work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night5,400
Workday3,500
5,400live here− 2,800head out to work+ 870come in to work= 3,500on a workday

About 3,500 people are in Suncook on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.33jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Suncook commutes less than 11 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi35 miConcord: 20% · 8.7 miManchester: 18% · 10.4 miPembroke: 6% · 2.3 miHooksett: 6% · 3.8 miBedford: 4% · 14.5 miLondonderry: 4% · 17.9 miNashua: 3% · 26.8 miBow: 3% · 4.4 miAllenstown: 2% · 3.3 miMerrimack: 2% · 19.9 miConcord 20%Manchester 18%Pembroke 6%Hooksett 6%Bedford 4%Suncook
SuncookTop destinations (size = commuters)
46%Under 10 mi1,318 residents
32%10–24 mi931 residents
15%25–50 mi441 residents
7%Over 50 mi204 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 969 jobs in Suncook are

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

Jobs based in SuncookJobs Suncook residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms9%15%
Trade, transport & utilities20%21%
Services: health, schools, offices70%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%21%
Over $3,333 a month51%67%

Who does it

29 or younger18%21%
30 to 5453%53%
55 and older29%26%
−6%

Jobs based in Suncook, 2013 → 2023: 1,035 → 969. 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.

Time on the road

About 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Hampshire

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
188 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Suncook25 min
New Hampshire27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
16%

of Suncook workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Next door

17% of Suncook works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Pembroke (6%). Darker towns draw more of Suncook’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.
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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.

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