Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Carroll draws 832 commuters a day, with 2.5 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Carroll report 916 jobs, against 371 working residents. About one in five work in Carroll; the top destination outside it is Lancaster (8%, 12 miles). 5% of workers work from home, where New Hampshire as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Carroll at work: what stands out
Carroll is where the jobs are
Carroll has 916 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,400 people are in town, 65% more than the 840 who live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Carroll pay little
36% of the jobs based in Carroll pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 30% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Carroll are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across New Hampshire. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Hampshire worker. Time on the road ↓
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 371 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Carroll by day and by night
On a workday 287 residents head out to work and 84 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Carroll on a workday afternoon, 65% more 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.
Carroll is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carroll, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 916. 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 Carroll’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Hampshire
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carroll workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 335 commuters (the 5% 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 Carroll’s workers come from
Where Carroll clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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 commute from Carroll, by distance
About 26% 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.
The towns next door employ 15% of Carroll
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carroll workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll | – | — | — | 22 min | $64,821 |
| Jefferson | 8% | C | C+ | 35 min | $67,188 |
| Bethlehem | under 3% | C | B− | 20 min | $85,029 |
| Whitefield | 7% | C | C+ | 26 min | $63,125 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jefferson. Darker towns draw more of Carroll’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 Carroll: questions
What is the median household income in Carroll?
$64,821 (±$25,881) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carroll?
5.5%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carroll?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carroll work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (8%, 12 mi), Littleton (8%, 15 mi), Jefferson (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Carroll without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carroll, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carroll
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.