Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainBrookfield has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. Employers in Brookfield report 29 jobs, against 299 working residents. Hardly any stay in Brookfield for work; outside it, Wakefield is the main destination (16%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brookfield and work: the main findings
Brookfield is a place people come home to
There are 29 jobs based in Brookfield, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brookfield has about 560 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Brookfield and Wakefield trade workers both ways
Wakefield is the top workplace for Brookfield residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Brookfield come from (38% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 299 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Brookfield
On a workday 298 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Brookfield 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Brookfield work
Where Brookfield clocks in
16% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Brookfield makes things: 59% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brookfield, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 29. 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 Brookfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Brookfield, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brookfield workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 284 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.
Brookfield’s commute, mile by mile
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.
26% of Brookfield works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brookfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookfield | – | — | — | 27 min | $81,406 |
| Middleton | under 3% | B | D | 39 min | $101,696 |
| Wakefield | 16% | B | C− | 36 min | $100,976 |
| Wolfeboro | 10% | C+ | B+ | 24 min | $94,375 |
| New Durham | under 3% | C+ | D | 35 min | $100,194 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wakefield. Darker towns draw more of Brookfield’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 Brookfield: questions
What is the median household income in Brookfield?
$81,406 (±$31,455) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brookfield?
3.9%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brookfield?
27 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 Brookfield work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wakefield (16%, 5 mi), Wolfeboro (10%, 5 mi), Rochester (9%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brookfield without a car?
1% 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 Brookfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brookfield
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.