Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Effingham has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Effingham is better than 28% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D). Employers in Effingham report 112 jobs, against 748 working residents. Only 6% work in Effingham itself; outside it, Ossipee draws the most (12%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Effingham in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Effingham than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Effingham fell from 380 in 2013 to 112 in 2023, −71%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Effingham is a place people come home to
There are 112 jobs based in Effingham, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Effingham has about 1,200 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Effingham workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 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; with 748 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Effingham gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Effingham’s grade up (9.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Effingham could be anywhere from D to B.
Jobs in Effingham: what the 112 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Effingham, 2013 → 2023: 380 → 112. 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 Effingham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Effingham for work, and who comes in
On a workday 700 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Effingham on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The daily trip from Effingham: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Effingham workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 796 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.
Where the trip to work from Effingham ends
Where Effingham clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Effingham
About 24% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Effingham, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 949 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). 2.9% of Effingham households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Effingham’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Effingham is 3,530th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 171 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 253 | Hampton Falls NH | 2,379 | $166K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 282 | Kensington NH | 2,092 | $165K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,528 | Henderson LA | 1,594 | $49K | 12.9% | 1.1% | 15% | C |
| 3,529 | Camp Point Township IL | 1,612 | $66K | 9.9% | 1.5% | 12% | C |
| 3,530 | Effingham NH | 1,819 | $77K | 9.0% | 5.5% | 6% | C |
| 3,531 | Ledyard NY | 1,350 | $87K | 14.9% | 5.6% | 20% | C |
| 3,532 | Snow Shoe Township PA | 1,570 | $66K | 8.9% | 3.3% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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 Effingham, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
14% of Effingham works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Ossipee. Darker towns draw more of Effingham’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 Effingham: questions
What is the median household income in Effingham?
$76,607 (±$14,066) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Effingham?
9.0%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Effingham?
32 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 Effingham work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ossipee (12%, 5 mi), Wolfeboro (9%, 11 mi), Conway (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Effingham walkable?
Effingham is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Effingham without a car?
0% 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 Effingham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Effingham
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.