Work & commute · Windham

Work & commute in Windham, NH

Most working residents leave Windham for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Salem (9%), Manchester (9%) and Nashua (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

686 of 7,026 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,340 Windham residents head out of town to work, 686 work right here, and 3,647 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Windham.

6,340live here, work elsewhere

686live and work here

3,647work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Windham goes to work

Windham (in town)right here

10%686

Salem4.4 mi away

9%651

Manchester14 mi away

9%615

Nashua10.4 mi away

8%597

Londonderry6.6 mi away

4%263

Boston, MA36.2 mi away

4%256

Bedford14.6 mi away

3%233

Concord31.9 mi away

3%199

Andover, MA13.3 mi away

3%197

Merrimack11.4 mi away

3%195

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%3,134

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

How far

How far Windham commutes

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

38%

37%

19%

38%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Windham is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Windham are

4,333 jobs are based in Windham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Windham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Windham

4,333 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Windham residents hold

7,026 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+41%

Jobs based in Windham, 2013 → 2023: 3,063 → 4,333. 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.