Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Greenland earn more than those in 96% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 0.5% of residents, where New Hampshire as a whole has 7.2%. Jobs and income earn Greenland A; getting around on foot earns it B+. Home is the office for 32% of workers, next to 17% for New Hampshire as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Greenland
Greenland trades workers with the towns around it
Greenland has about as many jobs (1,940) as working residents (1,931), but they are mostly different people: 1,851 residents leave for work each day while 1,860 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Greenland are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Greenland
32% of Greenland workers work from home, against 17% across New Hampshire. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Greenland works one town over
31% of working residents work in a town that borders Greenland: Portsmouth (24%) and Newington (7%). Next door ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Greenland are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Greenland are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 27 across New Hampshire. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Hampshire worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Greenland: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greenland is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #7 of 126 in New Hampshire. The poverty rate is its strongest input; 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, Greenland could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How many people are in Greenland by day
On a workday 1,851 residents head out to work, 80 work right here, and 1,860 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 (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Greenland’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenland workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,505 commuters (the 32% 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.
Inside Greenland’s 1,940 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenland, 2014 → 2024: 1,592 → 1,940. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
24% of working residents work in Portsmouth
Where Greenland clocks in
24% of workers
7% 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.
How far Greenland goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Greenland is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenland is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #22 of 126 in New Hampshire. Both inputs place Greenland 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 2,221 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). 0.0% of Greenland households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Greenland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600, Greenland ranks 218th of 4,112 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 159 | North Hampton NH | 4,526 | $146K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Pomona NY | 4,053 | $156K | 2.2% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 217 | Austin AR | 4,017 | $114K | 1.6% | 1.9% | <1% | A |
| 218 | Greenland NH | 4,143 | $163K | 0.5% | 2.3% | 4% | A |
| 219 | Darby Township OH | 4,441 | $122K | 3.4% | 3.0% | 6% | A |
| 220 | Bright IN | 5,540 | $109K | 3.3% | 0.7% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 277 | Brentwood NH | 4,923 | $166K | 3.3% | 2.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 415 | Wilton NH | 4,015 | $114K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Greenland, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Next door is work for 31% of Greenland
The biggest share goes to Portsmouth (24%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenland | – | A | B+ | 21 min | $162,837 |
| Newington | 7% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Stratham | under 3% | A | B | 27 min | $151,998 |
| Rye | under 3% | A− | C+ | 29 min | $140,655 |
| North Hampton | under 3% | A+ | B− | 25 min | $146,458 |
| Newmarket | under 3% | A | B− | 28 min | $100,845 |
| Portsmouth | 24% | A− | A | 22 min | $106,219 |
Same-state neighbors only. Newington: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greenland’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 2024, 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 Greenland: questions
What is the median household income in Greenland?
$162,837 (±$10,892) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenland?
0.5%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenland?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenland work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (24%, 4 mi), Newington (7%, 3 mi), Dover (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Greenland walkable?
Greenland is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenland without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenland
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.