Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Work means Glasgow for more than half of Nashua’s working residents
A typical one-way commute lasts 18 minutes, next to 19 for Montana and 26 for the U.S. For 2% of workers, the job is at home, next to 12% for Montana as a whole. Only 1% work in Nashua itself; outside it, Glasgow draws the most (51%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Nashua
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Nashua: the destinations
Where Nashua clocks in
51% of workers
5% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Nashua: what the 68 are
68 jobs are based in Nashua.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nashua, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 68. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nashua’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Nashua: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nashua workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 105 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Montana: 81% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Nashua
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Nashua: questions
What is the median household income in Nashua?
$80,313 (±$42,956) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,509 across Montana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nashua?
17.2%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nashua?
18 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Montana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nashua work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Nashua without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nashua, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nashua
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.