Work & commute · Westmoreland

Work & commute in Westmoreland, NH

Most working residents leave Westmoreland for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Keene (31%), Brattleboro (11%) and Chesterfield (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 776 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 732 Westmoreland residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 1,087 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westmoreland.

732live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

1,087work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westmoreland goes to work

Keene6.3 mi away

31%243

Brattleboro, VT12.7 mi away

11%82

Westmoreland (in town)right here

6%44

Chesterfield5.6 mi away

5%35

Swanzey10.2 mi away

3%20

Manchester49.9 mi away

2%19

Walpole7.9 mi away

2%16

Bedford45.3 mi away

2%16

Nashua50 mi away

2%15

Lebanon47 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%272

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

How far

How far Westmoreland commutes

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

41%

26%

12%

21%

41%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westmoreland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Westmoreland are

1,131 jobs are based in Westmoreland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westmoreland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westmoreland

1,131 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Westmoreland residents hold

776 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+152%

Jobs based in Westmoreland, 2013 → 2023: 448 → 1,131. 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.