Work & commute · Waterville Valley

Work & commute in Waterville Valley, NH

Most working residents leave Waterville Valley for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (35%), Littleton (5%) and Lebanon (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 198 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 185 Waterville Valley residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 474 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waterville Valley.

185live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

474work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waterville Valley goes to work

Lincoln13.9 mi away

35%69

Waterville Valley (in town)right here

7%13

Littleton32.6 mi away

5%9

Lebanon45.5 mi away

3%6

Manchester66.2 mi away

3%5

Woodstock13.8 mi away

3%5

Concord49.4 mi away

2%4

Plymouth19.5 mi away

2%4

Boston, MA113.4 mi away

2%3

Nashua82.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%77

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

How far

How far Waterville Valley commutes

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

12%

41%

16%

31%

12%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waterville Valley is a job hub

2.46jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Waterville Valley are

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

Jobs based in Waterville Valley

487 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Waterville Valley residents hold

198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+7%

Jobs based in Waterville Valley, 2013 → 2023: 455 → 487. 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.