Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Dunbarton’s household incomes are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 3.0% of residents, next to 7.2% for New Hampshire as a whole. Jobs and income earn Dunbarton A−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 5% work in Dunbarton itself; outside it, Manchester draws the most (19%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dunbarton and work: the main findings
Dunbarton is a place people come home to
There are 352 jobs based in Dunbarton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dunbarton has about 1,900 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Dunbarton 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.
Dunbarton’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dunbarton is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #54 of 126 in New Hampshire. The poverty rate holds Dunbarton’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dunbarton could be anywhere from B to A.
Dunbarton by day and by night
On a workday 1,569 residents head out to work, 86 work right here, and 266 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Dunbarton on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.21 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 trip to work from Dunbarton: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dunbarton workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,556 commuters (the 13% 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 Dunbarton’s working residents head each day
Where Dunbarton clocks in
19% of workers
17% 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.
Goods jobs make up 32% of work in Dunbarton
352 jobs are based in Dunbarton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dunbarton, 2013 → 2023: 169 → 352. 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 Dunbarton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Dunbarton
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.
Driving is how Dunbarton gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dunbarton is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #111 of 126 in New Hampshire. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across New Hampshire, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,780 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). 2.3% of Dunbarton households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dunbarton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dunbarton places 1,009th of 4,453 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 214 | Greenland NH | 4,143 | $163K | 0.5% | 2.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 264 | Mont Vernon NH | 2,698 | $158K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 291 | Hampton Falls NH | 2,379 | $166K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,007 | New Baden IL | 3,378 | $81K | 7.4% | 2.6% | 5% | A− |
| 1,008 | Moonachie NJ | 3,153 | $90K | 7.4% | 5.3% | 6% | A− |
| 1,009 | Dunbarton NH | 3,233 | $124K | 3.0% | 4.8% | 5% | A− |
| 1,010 | East Hopewell Township PA | 2,555 | $109K | 4.1% | 3.7% | 2% | A− |
| 1,011 | Rockwood MI | 3,132 | $88K | 11.4% | 2.7% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Dunbarton, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Work next door: 12% of Dunbarton’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dunbarton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunbarton | – | A− | C− | 34 min | $124,348 |
| Bow | 3% | A | C | 27 min | $172,857 |
| Weare | under 3% | A | C | 36 min | $118,271 |
| Goffstown | 4% | A | B | 28 min | $113,958 |
| Hopkinton | under 3% | A | C | 22 min | $137,477 |
| Hooksett | 5% | A | B− | 27 min | $117,962 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hooksett. Darker towns draw more of Dunbarton’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 Dunbarton: questions
What is the median household income in Dunbarton?
$124,348 (±$20,963) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dunbarton?
3.0%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dunbarton?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dunbarton work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manchester (19%, 12 mi), Concord (17%, 9 mi), Bedford (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dunbarton walkable?
Dunbarton is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dunbarton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dunbarton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dunbarton
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.