Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Easton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
5 jobs are based in Easton; 136 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Easton; the top destination outside it is Littleton (15%, 17 miles). The average commute takes 25 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Easton on a workday afternoon
On a workday 136 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Easton on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Easton work
Where Easton clocks in
15% of workers
13% of workers
10% 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 60% of work in Easton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Easton, 2014 → 2024: 12 → 5. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Easton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Easton’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Easton workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 165 commuters (the 14% 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.
The distance from Easton to work
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Easton
The biggest share goes to Franconia (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Easton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easton | – | — | — | 25 min | $106,250 |
| Lincoln | under 3% | C+ | A− | 23 min | $70,625 |
| Landaff | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Franconia | 2% | C+ | B+ | 20 min | $87,292 |
Same-state neighbors only. Landaff: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Easton’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 2024, 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 Easton: questions
What is the median household income in Easton?
$106,250 (±$37,599) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Easton?
10.4%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Easton?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Easton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Littleton (15%, 17 mi), Lisbon (13%, 10 mi), Haverhill (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Easton without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Easton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Easton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.