Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Haverhill (0.8%) is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income B−: better than 54% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #96 of 126 in New Hampshire.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns · #53 of 126 in New Hampshire.
Household incomes here are higher than in 63% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 33 minutes each way (New Hampshire 27, U.S. 26). About one in four work in Haverhill; the top destination outside it is Lebanon (8%, 33 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Haverhill
Haverhill trades workers with the towns around it
Haverhill has about as many jobs (1,854) as working residents (2,053), but they are mostly different people: 1,497 residents leave for work each day while 1,298 people come in. Only 30% of the jobs in Haverhill are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Haverhill’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Haverhill is Lebanon, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (173) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Haverhill workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 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.
What’s behind Haverhill’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Haverhill is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #96 of 126 in New Hampshire. Unemployment holds Haverhill’s grade up (0.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Haverhill could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,497 residents head out to work, 556 work right here, and 1,298 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 (0.90 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.
Half of Haverhill commutes less than 22 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 22% 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.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of New Hampshire
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Haverhill workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,352 commuters (the 5% 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.
8% of working residents work in Lebanon
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Haverhill clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 1,854 jobs in Haverhill are
1,854 jobs are based in Haverhill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Haverhill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Haverhill, 2013 → 2023: 1,862 → 1,854. 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.
Most trips from Haverhill start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Haverhill is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #53 of 126 in New Hampshire. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of 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 2,469 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 0.0 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). 13.7% of Haverhill households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Haverhill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Haverhill is 1,838th of 3,798 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Haverhill, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Brookline NH | 5,858 | $171K | 0.6% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | North Hampton NH | 4,526 | $146K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 211 | Greenland NH | 4,143 | $163K | 0.5% | 2.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,836 | Glen Raven NC | 3,506 | $63K | 16.7% | 1.8% | 1% | B− |
| 1,837 | Bellville TX | 4,379 | $60K | 9.1% | 0.5% | 14% | B− |
| 1,838 | Haverhill NH | 4,667 | $86K | 11.4% | 0.8% | 27% | B− |
| 1,839 | Wayne Township OH | 4,958 | $79K | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5% | B− |
| 1,840 | Perryville MD | 4,592 | $78K | 11.4% | 4.2% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | 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.
Haverhill and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Newbury (2%). Darker towns draw more of Haverhill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Haverhill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haverhill | – | B− | B− | 33 min | $85,929 |
| Bath | under 2% | C | C | 26 min | $67,813 |
| Piermont | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Benton | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Warren | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Piermont, Benton and Warren: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Haverhill: questions
What is the median household income in Haverhill?
$85,929 (±$21,561) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Haverhill?
11.4%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Haverhill?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Haverhill work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lebanon (8%, 33 mi), Bradford (5%, 9 mi), Hanover (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Haverhill walkable?
Haverhill is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Haverhill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Haverhill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Haverhill
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.