Work & commute · Walpole

Work & commute in Walpole, NH

Most working residents leave Walpole for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Keene (14%), Rockingham (5%) and Brattleboro (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

307 of 1,763 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,456 Walpole residents head out of town to work, 307 work right here, and 1,150 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walpole.

1,456live here, work elsewhere

307live and work here

1,150work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walpole goes to work

Walpole (in town)right here

17%307

Keene10 mi away

14%250

Rockingham, VT8.1 mi away

5%85

Brattleboro, VT19.2 mi away

4%71

Charlestown11.5 mi away

4%70

Westminster, VT5.3 mi away

4%63

Lebanon39 mi away

3%54

Concord43.7 mi away

3%54

Westmoreland7.9 mi away

3%46

Manchester48.9 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%723

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

How far

How far Walpole commutes

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

33%

34%

18%

16%

33%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walpole is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Walpole are

1,457 jobs are based in Walpole. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walpole’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walpole

1,457 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Walpole residents hold

1,763 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+16%

Jobs based in Walpole, 2013 → 2023: 1,251 → 1,457. 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.