Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Dublin earn more than those in 80% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Dublin is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (A−). The poverty rate is 9.7%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire. About one in ten work in Dublin itself; outside it, Keene draws the most (14%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Dublin: the figures worth knowing
A lot of Dublin works one town over
25% of working residents work in a town that borders Dublin: Peterborough (14%), Jaffrey (6%) and Harrisville (5%). Next door ↓
Dublin’s workforce skews older
36% of Dublin’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
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 629 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Dublin’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income holds Dublin’s grade up ($104,659, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Dublin’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, Dublin could be anywhere from C to B+.
65% of the jobs in Dublin pay over $3,333 a month
388 jobs are based in Dublin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dublin, 2013 → 2023: 324 → 388. 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 Dublin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Dublin by day
On a workday 561 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 320 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Dublin on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.62 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.
The places Dublin commutes to
Where Dublin clocks in
14% of workers
14% 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.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Dublin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dublin workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 638 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.
How far it is to work from Dublin
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.
Dublin is easy on foot, hard by bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across New Hampshire, on an EPA index of 7.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 818 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 Dublin households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Dublin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Dublin ranks 2,268th of 6,161 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 282 | Kensington NH | 2,092 | $165K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 439 | Madbury NH | 1,927 | $148K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,266 | Presque Isle Township MI | 1,725 | $94K | 5.8% | 3.8% | 4% | B− |
| 2,267 | Pipestone Township MI | 2,127 | $73K | 12.5% | 2.6% | 6% | B− |
| 2,268 | Dublin NH | 1,605 | $105K | 9.7% | 1.7% | 11% | B− |
| 2,269 | Waitsfield VT | 1,887 | $84K | 6.0% | 1.8% | 24% | B− |
| 2,270 | Winding Cypress FL | 1,160 | $138K | 18.9% | 0.0% | 0% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Dublin, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
25% of Dublin works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dublin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | – | B− | A− | 28 min | $104,659 |
| Jaffrey | 6% | B | B− | 25 min | $92,330 |
| Harrisville | 5% | B | B+ | 27 min | $103,036 |
| Peterborough | 14% | A− | A− | 23 min | $98,401 |
| Marlborough | under 2% | B− | B | 21 min | $69,032 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Peterborough. Darker towns draw more of Dublin’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 Dublin: questions
What is the median household income in Dublin?
$104,659 (±$13,999) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dublin?
9.7%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dublin?
28 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 Dublin work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keene (14%, 13 mi), Peterborough (14%, 6 mi), Jaffrey (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dublin walkable?
Dublin is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dublin without a car?
1% 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 Dublin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dublin
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.