Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Deerfield top those of 92% of U.S. towns
Only 8% work in Deerfield itself; outside it, Manchester draws the most (14%, 14 miles). Poverty touches 6.8% of residents, where New Hampshire as a whole has 7.2%. Deerfield grades B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Deerfield stands out on work
Deerfield has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Deerfield went from 337 in 2013 to 620 in 2023, +84%. The jobs ↓
Deerfield is a place people come home to
There are 620 jobs based in Deerfield, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Deerfield has about 2,900 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Deerfield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Deerfield’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Deerfield is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #57 of 126 in New Hampshire. Household income holds Deerfield’s grade up ($131,563, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Deerfield could be anywhere from B− to A.
The 620 jobs based in Deerfield
620 jobs are based in Deerfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deerfield, 2013 → 2023: 337 → 620. 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 Deerfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Deerfield
On a workday 2,467 residents head out to work, 202 work right here, and 418 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Deerfield on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.23 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.
A commute of about 34 minutes in Deerfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deerfield workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,877 commuters (the 22% 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 people from Deerfield work
Where Deerfield clocks in
14% of workers
6% 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.
The distance from Deerfield to work
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.
Deerfield is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Deerfield is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #78 of 126 in New Hampshire. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across New Hampshire, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,419 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Deerfield households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Deerfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Deerfield ranks: 1,070th of 3,692 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Auburn NH | 6,336 | $153K | 2.5% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 149 | Brookline NH | 5,858 | $171K | 0.6% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 165 | North Hampton NH | 4,526 | $146K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,068 | Jarrell TX | 5,870 | $111K | 2.2% | 9.7% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,069 | Hadley MA | 5,213 | $119K | 6.4% | 4.7% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,070 | Deerfield NH | 4,989 | $132K | 6.8% | 2.5% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,071 | Burton Township OH | 4,392 | $82K | 7.0% | 2.7% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,072 | Delavan WI | 5,210 | $76K | 6.8% | 2.3% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,692 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Deerfield, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Work in the towns next to Deerfield
The biggest share goes to Hooksett (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deerfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield | – | B+ | C+ | 34 min | $131,563 |
| Northwood | under 3% | B | B− | 37 min | $129,375 |
| Candia | under 3% | A− | B− | 34 min | $119,737 |
| Nottingham | under 3% | A | C− | 34 min | $122,201 |
| Allenstown | under 3% | B− | B+ | 24 min | $72,500 |
| Epsom | under 3% | B+ | B | 31 min | $97,941 |
| Hooksett | 3% | A | B− | 27 min | $117,962 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Deerfield’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 Deerfield: questions
What is the median household income in Deerfield?
$131,563 (±$9,698) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deerfield?
6.8%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deerfield?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deerfield work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manchester (14%, 14 mi), Concord (6%, 17 mi), Portsmouth (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Deerfield walkable?
Deerfield is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deerfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deerfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deerfield
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.