Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Colebrook’s household incomes are lower than in 87% of U.S. towns
5% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for New Hampshire as a whole. 13.3% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 7.2% for New Hampshire as a whole. The two grades for Colebrook are D for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Colebrook
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 ↓
Commutes from Colebrook are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 27 across New Hampshire. That’s about 46 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 994 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Colebrook’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Colebrook is better than 8% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Colebrook’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Colebrook’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Colebrook could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How many miles Colebrook commutes
About 30% 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.
From Colebrook, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Colebrook workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 866 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.
Who works in Colebrook, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 637 residents head out to work, 357 work right here, and 720 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 (1.08 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 Colebrook’s working residents head each day
Where Colebrook clocks in
5% of workers
4% 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.
What Colebrook’s employers do
1,077 jobs are based in Colebrook.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Colebrook, 2013 → 2023: 1,020 → 1,077. 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 Colebrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Colebrook
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Colebrook is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Colebrook near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 915 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). 11.4% of Colebrook households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Colebrook’s commuters take a bus or train.
Colebrook is 4,568th of 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 160 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 225 | Mont Vernon NH | 2,698 | $158K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 251 | Hampton Falls NH | 2,379 | $166K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,566 | Webster SD | 1,681 | $55K | 15.1% | 0.7% | 44% | D |
| 4,567 | Lovell WY | 2,351 | $60K | 18.6% | 3.6% | 27% | D |
| 4,568 | Colebrook NH | 2,110 | $51K | 13.3% | 2.9% | 36% | D |
| 4,569 | Perry Township OH | 1,505 | $60K | 18.6% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,570 | Cricket NC | 2,317 | $40K | 27.0% | 3.4% | 0% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Colebrook, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Around Colebrook: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Canaan (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Colebrook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colebrook | – | D | A− | 21 min | $51,159 |
| Stewartstown | 4% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Columbia | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stewartstown and Columbia: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Colebrook’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 Colebrook: questions
What is the median household income in Colebrook?
$51,159 (±$5,846) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Colebrook?
13.3%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Colebrook?
21 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 Colebrook work?
36% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburg (5%, 19 mi), Canaan (4%, 11 mi), Stewartstown (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Colebrook walkable?
Colebrook is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Colebrook without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Colebrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Colebrook
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.