Work & commute · Whitefield

Work & commute in Whitefield, NH

Most working residents leave Whitefield for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Littleton (19%), Carroll (7%) and Lancaster (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

174 of 1,189 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,015 Whitefield residents head out of town to work, 174 work right here, and 840 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitefield.

1,015live here, work elsewhere

174live and work here

840work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitefield goes to work

Littleton10.4 mi away

19%225

Whitefield (in town)right here

15%174

Carroll6.7 mi away

7%83

Lancaster7.1 mi away

5%62

Concord79 mi away

3%31

Conway36.3 mi away

2%27

Bethlehem8 mi away

2%27

Jefferson6.7 mi away

2%25

Franconia13.8 mi away

2%24

Manchester96.4 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%491

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

How far

How far Whitefield commutes

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

34%

28%

29%

34%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitefield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitefield are

1,014 jobs are based in Whitefield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitefield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whitefield

1,014 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Whitefield residents hold

1,189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+36%

Jobs based in Whitefield, 2013 → 2023: 747 → 1,014. 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.