Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Goffstown (0.8%) is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Goffstown is better than 93% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (B). About one in ten work in Goffstown itself; outside it, Manchester draws the most (23%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Goffstown at work: what stands out
The figures behind Goffstown’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (6.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Goffstown could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The places Goffstown commutes to
Where Goffstown clocks in
23% of workers
7% 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 workday in Goffstown: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 8,779 residents head out to work, 807 work right here, and 4,128 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Goffstown on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.51 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.
What Goffstown’s employers do
4,935 jobs are based in Goffstown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goffstown, 2013 → 2023: 4,655 → 4,935. 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 Goffstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Goffstown spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goffstown workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,576 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.
How many miles Goffstown commutes
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.
Few in Goffstown walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across New Hampshire, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,944 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). 4.2% of Goffstown households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Goffstown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Goffstown next to U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000: 235th of 1,915 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Bedford NH | 23,973 | $167K | 2.7% | 1.7% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 230 | Hooksett NH | 15,346 | $118K | 3.3% | 2.5% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 233 | West University Place TX | 15,158 | $250K | 1.7% | 5.9% | 3% | A |
| 234 | Windham ME | 19,912 | $108K | 3.4% | 1.5% | 13% | A |
| 235 | Goffstown NH | 18,607 | $114K | 6.4% | 0.8% | 8% | A |
| 236 | Albany CA | 19,195 | $144K | 6.8% | 3.1% | 6% | A |
| 237 | Prairie Village KS | 23,008 | $114K | 5.7% | 3.0% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 256 | Durham NH | 15,346 | $124K | 15.1% | 4.3% | 18% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Goffstown, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Next door is work for 30% of Goffstown
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Goffstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goffstown | – | A | B | 28 min | $113,958 |
| New Boston | under 2% | A− | D | 36 min | $154,250 |
| Bedford | 7% | A+ | B+ | 25 min | $167,418 |
| Dunbarton | under 2% | A− | C− | 34 min | $124,348 |
| Manchester | 23% | B+ | A− | 24 min | $81,007 |
| Weare | under 2% | A | C | 36 min | $118,271 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Manchester. Darker towns draw more of Goffstown’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 Goffstown: questions
What is the median household income in Goffstown?
$113,958 (±$11,732) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goffstown?
6.4%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goffstown?
28 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 Goffstown work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manchester (23%, 6 mi), Bedford (7%, 6 mi), Nashua (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Goffstown walkable?
Goffstown is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Goffstown without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Goffstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Goffstown
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.