Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Derry commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Derry is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns. Derry has 9,197 jobs; 18,172 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Derry A; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Inside Derry’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Derry is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #36 of 126 in New Hampshire. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Derry could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Derry by day and by night
On a workday 16,216 residents head out to work, 1,956 work right here, and 7,241 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Derry on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
12% of working residents work in Manchester
Where Derry clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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 kinds of work in Derry
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Derry, 2013 → 2023: 7,739 → 9,197. 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 Derry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Derry, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Derry workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,090 commuters (the 16% 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.
Derry’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.
Most trips from Derry start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Derry is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns, #95 of 126 in New Hampshire. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across New Hampshire.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 19,150 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). 3.4% of Derry households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Derry’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,255 U.S. towns of 24,000 to 46,000, Derry comes 342nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Merrimack NH | 29,699 | $127K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 159 | Salem NH | 31,868 | $110K | 5.0% | 2.8% | 17% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 333 | Londonderry NH | 27,844 | $133K | 2.7% | 5.0% | 14% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 340 | Kuna ID | 31,525 | $96K | 6.8% | 1.9% | 8% | A |
| 341 | Farmers Branch TX | 38,320 | $91K | 11.4% | 1.9% | 8% | A |
| 342 | Derry NH | 33,990 | $109K | 4.0% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
| 343 | Mountain House CA | 25,315 | $177K | 5.0% | 3.5% | 5% | A |
| 344 | Tysons VA | 28,936 | $130K | 7.9% | 4.5% | 21% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,255 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Derry, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Derry and its neighbors: 13% work next door
The biggest share goes to Londonderry (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Derry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derry | – | A | C | 31 min | $108,944 |
| Sandown | under 3% | B | D | 33 min | $135,040 |
| Londonderry | 7% | A | C | 29 min | $132,556 |
| Atkinson | under 3% | A | C | 28 min | $146,380 |
| Windham | under 3% | A | B− | 31 min | $189,583 |
| Hampstead | under 3% | A | C+ | 30 min | $112,348 |
| Chester | under 3% | A | C | 35 min | $142,212 |
| Salem | 6% | A | B | 29 min | $110,490 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Derry’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 Derry: questions
What is the median household income in Derry?
$108,944 (±$6,839) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Derry?
4.0%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Derry?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Derry work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manchester (12%, 11 mi), Londonderry (7%, 6 mi), Nashua (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Derry walkable?
Derry is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Derry without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Derry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Derry
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.