Jobs and the daily commute in Center Ossipee
Only 4% stay in Center Ossipee for work; outside it, Ossipee is the main destination (17%, 1 miles). 4% of workers work from home, next to 17% for New Hampshire as a whole. A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes, next to 27 for New Hampshire and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Center Ossipee: the figures worth knowing
Few Center Ossipee workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 17% across New Hampshire. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Center Ossipee 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 225 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
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 Center Ossipee workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 308 commuters (the 4% 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 commutes out of Center Ossipee, and who commutes in
On a workday 216 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 246 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 (1.13 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.
Out of Center Ossipee to work: where people go
Where Center Ossipee clocks in
17% of workers
13% of workers
4% 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.
Center Ossipee is a services town
255 jobs are based in Center Ossipee.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Center Ossipee, 2013 → 2023: 226 → 255. 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 Center Ossipee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Center Ossipee
About 24% 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 Center Ossipee: questions
What is the poverty rate in Center Ossipee?
5.5%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Center Ossipee?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Center Ossipee work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ossipee (17%, 1 mi), Wolfeboro (13%, 10 mi), Conway (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Center Ossipee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Center Ossipee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Center Ossipee
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.