Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Antrim works elsewhere
Antrim has 437 jobs; 1,353 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Antrim is better than 64% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (C+). Only 6% work in Antrim itself; outside it, Peterborough draws the most (13%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Antrim, in a few figures
Antrim workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Antrim empties out on a workday
About 1,800 people are in Antrim on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than the 2,800 who live here: 1,300 head out to work and 360 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Antrim gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment holds Antrim’s grade up (1.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Antrim could be anywhere from C to A−.
The trip to work from Antrim: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Antrim workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,215 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% 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.
Who leaves Antrim for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,273 residents head out to work, 80 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Antrim on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Antrim commutes to
Where Antrim clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
What Antrim’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Antrim, 2014 → 2024: 294 → 437. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Antrim’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Antrim
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Antrim is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across New Hampshire, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,393 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.6% of Antrim households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Antrim’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Antrim is 1,556th of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 250 | Mont Vernon NH | 2,698 | $158K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 277 | Hampton Falls NH | 2,379 | $166K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 314 | Kensington NH | 2,092 | $165K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,554 | Sharon Township IL | 2,814 | $107K | 15.1% | 0.0% | <1% | B |
| 1,555 | Midland Township MI | 2,201 | $92K | 4.4% | 5.8% | 2% | B |
| 1,556 | Antrim NH | 2,757 | $87K | 7.6% | 1.9% | 6% | B |
| 1,557 | Knox NY | 2,623 | $124K | 6.3% | 5.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,558 | Dellona WI | 1,912 | $103K | 8.9% | 2.9% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Antrim, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
How Antrim compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Antrim workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antrim | – | B | C+ | 32 min | $86,648 |
| Deering | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 40 min | $101,250 |
| Bennington | 3% | B | C | 37 min | $83,875 |
| Hancock | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 33 min | $95,208 |
| Hillsborough | 6% | B+ | C+ | 41 min | $84,495 |
| Stoddard | under 3% | B | C− | 34 min | $94,904 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hillsborough. Darker towns draw more of Antrim’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Antrim: questions
What is the median household income in Antrim?
$86,648 (±$22,351) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Antrim?
7.6%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Antrim?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Antrim work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peterborough (13%, 11 mi), Concord (8%, 25 mi), Hillsborough (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Antrim walkable?
Antrim is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Antrim without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Antrim, from the people who make the trip.
More of Antrim
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.