Photo: Ken Gallager · CC BY-SA 4.0Epping has lower unemployment (2.2%) than 82% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Epping A; getting around on foot earns it B−. Measured by household income, Epping is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns. About one in ten work in Epping; the top destination outside it is Portsmouth (11%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Epping in brief
Epping trades workers with the towns around it
Epping has about as many jobs (3,381) as working residents (3,517), but they are mostly different people: 3,232 residents leave for work each day while 3,096 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Epping are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Epping
72% of Epping residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Epping pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
46% of the jobs in Epping are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
35% of the jobs based in Epping are held by workers 29 or younger, against 19% of Epping’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Epping has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Epping went from 2,443 in 2013 to 3,381 in 2023, +38%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Epping
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Epping is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #25 of 126 in New Hampshire. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns). 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, Epping could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Who commutes out of Epping, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,232 residents head out to work, 285 work right here, and 3,096 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What work there is in Epping: 3,381 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Epping, 2013 → 2023: 2,443 → 3,381. 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 Epping’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Epping work
Where Epping clocks in
11% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
About 32 minutes to work from Epping
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Epping workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,907 commuters (the 24% 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.
Epping’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.
For most of Epping, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Epping is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #47 of 126 in New Hampshire. Both inputs place Epping near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,825 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). 2.8% of Epping households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Epping’s commuters take a bus or train.
Epping next to U.S. towns of 5,600 to 10,800: 566th of 3,015 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Auburn NH | 6,336 | $153K | 2.5% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | Hollis NH | 8,819 | $169K | 1.9% | 2.0% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Brookline NH | 5,858 | $171K | 0.6% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 564 | Greenwich Township NJ | 5,726 | $169K | 3.0% | 4.8% | 3% | A |
| 565 | Druid Hills GA | 8,169 | $130K | 9.3% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| 566 | Epping NH | 7,973 | $104K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 8% | A |
| 567 | Southgate FL | 5,772 | $80K | 4.8% | 2.1% | 3% | A |
| 568 | Whitemarsh Island GA | 6,886 | $102K | 3.9% | 3.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,015 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Epping, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
The towns around Epping
The biggest share goes to Raymond (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Epping’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 Epping: questions
What is the median household income in Epping?
$104,220 (±$6,858) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Epping?
4.7%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Epping?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Epping work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (11%, 16 mi), Exeter (8%, 8 mi), Manchester (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Epping walkable?
Epping is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Epping without a car?
0% 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 Epping, from the people who make the trip.
More of Epping
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.