Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Bartlett earn less than those in 74% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 10.5% of residents, next to 7.2% for New Hampshire as a whole. The two grades for Bartlett are C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. About one in ten work in Bartlett itself; outside it, Conway draws the most (22%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Bartlett, in brief
A lot of Bartlett works one town over
35% of working residents work in a town that borders Bartlett: Conway (22%), Jackson (8%) and Hart's Location (5%). Next door ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 929 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Bartlett
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bartlett is better than 19% of U.S. towns, #123 of 126 in New Hampshire. The poverty rate holds Bartlett’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bartlett could be anywhere from D− to B.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bartlett
About 42% 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.
How many people are in Bartlett by day
On a workday 831 residents head out to work, 98 work right here, and 657 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 (0.81 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.
Where the trip to work from Bartlett ends
Where Bartlett clocks in
22% 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.
The 755 jobs based in Bartlett
755 jobs are based in Bartlett.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bartlett, 2013 → 2023: 958 → 755. 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 Bartlett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Bartlett, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bartlett workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,236 commuters (the 14% 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.
Few in Bartlett walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bartlett is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #101 of 126 in New Hampshire. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across New Hampshire.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,429 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.9% of Bartlett households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bartlett’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500, Bartlett ranks 3,728th of 4,593 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 226 | Greenland NH | 4,143 | $163K | 0.5% | 2.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 278 | Mont Vernon NH | 2,698 | $158K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 307 | Hampton Falls NH | 2,379 | $166K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,726 | Nixon TX | 2,406 | $38K | 18.1% | 2.6% | 22% | C− |
| 3,727 | Unity ME | 2,307 | $63K | 17.3% | 4.8% | 7% | C− |
| 3,728 | Bartlett NH | 3,335 | $60K | 10.5% | 5.3% | 11% | C− |
| 3,729 | Warm Mineral Springs FL | 4,470 | $54K | 14.7% | 1.3% | 1% | C− |
| 3,730 | Sullivan IN | 4,229 | $47K | 19.6% | 3.4% | 21% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Bartlett, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Bordering towns draw 35% of Bartlett’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bartlett workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartlett | – | C− | C | 31 min | $59,754 |
| Jackson | 8% | C | B | 19 min | $117,986 |
| Conway | 22% | C− | B− | 21 min | $64,385 |
| Albany | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Hart's Location | 5% | — | — | — | — |
| North Conway | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Chatham | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Albany, Hart's Location and Chatham: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. North Conway: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Conway. Darker towns draw more of Bartlett’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 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 Bartlett: questions
What is the median household income in Bartlett?
$59,754 (±$9,277) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bartlett?
10.5%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bartlett?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bartlett work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Conway (22%, 9 mi), Jackson (8%, 8 mi), Manchester (6%, 76 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bartlett walkable?
Bartlett is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bartlett without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bartlett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bartlett
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. 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.