Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainWhere Blodgett Landing earns its living
Blodgett Landing has 61 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Hardly any work in Blodgett Landing itself; outside it, New London draws the most (21%, 4 miles). The average commute takes 36 minutes each way; New Hampshire averages 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Blodgett Landing
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 39 people are in Blodgett Landing on a workday afternoon, 61% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Blodgett Landing’s residents
Where Blodgett Landing clocks in
21% of workers
13% of workers
5% 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 daily trip from Blodgett Landing: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blodgett Landing workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 50 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.
Where in the region Blodgett Landing works
About 21% 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 Blodgett Landing: questions
What is the poverty rate in Blodgett Landing?
0.0%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blodgett Landing?
36 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 Blodgett Landing work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New London (21%, 4 mi), Newbury (13%, 4 mi), Concord (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blodgett Landing without a car?
16% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blodgett Landing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blodgett Landing
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.