Work & commute · Swanzey

Work & commute in Swanzey, NH

Most working residents leave Swanzey for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Keene (38%), Brattleboro (3%) and Concord (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

380 of 3,697 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,317 Swanzey residents head out of town to work, 380 work right here, and 1,620 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swanzey.

3,317live here, work elsewhere

380live and work here

1,620work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swanzey goes to work

Keene6.6 mi away

38%1,423

Swanzey (in town)right here

10%380

Brattleboro, VT17.1 mi away

3%114

Concord45.2 mi away

3%96

Lebanon53.7 mi away

2%88

Westmoreland10.2 mi away

2%76

Peterborough18.1 mi away

2%74

Manchester44 mi away

2%69

Nashua41.5 mi away

2%64

Jaffrey12.1 mi away

2%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,251

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

How far

How far Swanzey commutes

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

54%

15%

17%

15%

54%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swanzey is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swanzey are

2,000 jobs are based in Swanzey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Swanzey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Swanzey

2,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Swanzey residents hold

3,697 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−4%

Jobs based in Swanzey, 2013 → 2023: 2,073 → 2,000. 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.