Photo: Ken Gallager at Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0Grantham has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns. 426 jobs are based in Grantham, against 1,264 working residents. Jobs and income earn Grantham A−; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The four measures behind Grantham’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Grantham is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #48 of 126 in New Hampshire. The poverty rate holds Grantham’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grantham could be anywhere from C to A.
Who works in Grantham, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,179 residents head out to work, 85 work right here, and 341 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Grantham on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
27% of working residents work in Lebanon
Where Grantham clocks in
27% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Grantham: what the 426 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grantham, 2013 → 2023: 279 → 426. 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 Grantham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Grantham’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grantham workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,550 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 far Grantham’s workers travel
About 21% 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.
In Grantham, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grantham is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #126 of 126 in New Hampshire. 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 1,799 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). 0.0% of Grantham households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grantham’s commuters take a bus or train.
Grantham next to U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700: 936th of 4,535 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | North Hampton NH | 4,526 | $146K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 231 | Greenland NH | 4,143 | $163K | 0.5% | 2.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 287 | Mont Vernon NH | 2,698 | $158K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 934 | Nags Head NC | 3,117 | $91K | 2.4% | 1.0% | 27% | A− |
| 935 | Ingersoll Township MI | 2,622 | $99K | 4.7% | 3.1% | 1% | A− |
| 936 | Grantham NH | 3,482 | $106K | 0.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A− |
| 937 | Lake George NY | 3,464 | $104K | 6.8% | 1.3% | 19% | A− |
| 938 | Elkins AR | 4,184 | $82K | 6.5% | 0.0% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | 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 Grantham, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Around Grantham: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Springfield (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grantham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grantham | – | A− | D | 23 min | $106,403 |
| Plainfield | under 3% | A− | B− | 22 min | $122,656 |
| Croydon | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Springfield | 2% | B+ | D | 34 min | $100,893 |
| Enfield | under 3% | B− | B | 24 min | $95,474 |
Same-state neighbors only. Croydon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grantham’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 Grantham: questions
What is the median household income in Grantham?
$106,403 (±$54,128) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grantham?
0.0%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grantham?
23 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 Grantham work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lebanon (27%, 10 mi), Newport (7%, 10 mi), New London (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grantham walkable?
Grantham is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grantham without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grantham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grantham
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.