Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Greenfield commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
There are 500 jobs in Greenfield, and 960 of its residents work somewhere. Greenfield grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Greenfield and work: the main findings
Fewer jobs are based in Greenfield than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Greenfield fell from 939 in 2013 to 500 in 2023, −47%. 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 ↓
Greenfield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 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 960 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Greenfield gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Greenfield is better than 71% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Greenfield’s grade up ($103,603, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Greenfield’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Greenfield could be anywhere from B to A−.
What Greenfield’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenfield, 2013 → 2023: 939 → 500. 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 Greenfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Greenfield’s commute takes about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenfield workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 745 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.
How a workday changes Greenfield
On a workday 871 residents head out to work, 89 work right here, and 411 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Greenfield on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
14% of working residents work in Peterborough
Where Greenfield clocks in
14% of workers
6% 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.
The commute from Greenfield, by distance
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.
Getting around Greenfield: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenfield is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Greenfield 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 886 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). 2.4% of Greenfield households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Greenfield next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300: 1,065th of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Kensington NH | 2,092 | $165K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 426 | Madbury NH | 1,927 | $148K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,063 | New Marlborough MA | 1,500 | $117K | 2.5% | 3.5% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,064 | Wells Township MN | 1,585 | $88K | 6.1% | 2.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,065 | Greenfield NH | 1,727 | $104K | 5.2% | 3.7% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,066 | Plover WI | 1,565 | $90K | 5.6% | 1.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,067 | Trimbelle WI | 1,720 | $107K | 6.1% | 3.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Greenfield, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Greenfield and its neighbors: 14% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield | – | B+ | C− | 36 min | $103,603 |
| Hancock | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 33 min | $95,208 |
| Lyndeborough | under 3% | A− | C− | 39 min | $116,964 |
| Francestown | under 3% | B | D | 42 min | $104,063 |
| Peterborough | 14% | A− | A− | 23 min | $98,401 |
| Bennington | under 3% | B | C | 37 min | $83,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Peterborough. Darker towns draw more of Greenfield’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 Greenfield: questions
What is the median household income in Greenfield?
$103,603 (±$7,859) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenfield?
5.2%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenfield?
36 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 Greenfield work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peterborough (14%, 5 mi), Milford (6%, 13 mi), Nashua (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greenfield walkable?
Greenfield is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenfield
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.