Chapel of the Holy Cross · Photo: Toby Hudson · CC BY-SA 3.0Holderness’ household incomes are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in Holderness for work; outside it, Plymouth is the main destination (18%, 7 miles). Below the poverty line: 12.1% of residents (New Hampshire 7.2%). The two grades for Holderness are C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Holderness apart on work
Holderness and Plymouth trade workers both ways
Plymouth is the top workplace for Holderness residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Holderness come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Holderness has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Holderness went from 446 in 2013 to 629 in 2023, +41%. The jobs ↓
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 855 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Holderness gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Holderness is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Holderness’ grade up ($107,863, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Holderness’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Holderness could be anywhere from D to A−.
The places Holderness commutes to
Where Holderness clocks in
18% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Holderness
629 jobs are based in Holderness.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Holderness, 2013 → 2023: 446 → 629. 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 Holderness’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Holderness
On a workday 723 residents head out to work, 132 work right here, and 497 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Holderness on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.74 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.
About 27 minutes each way for Holderness’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Holderness workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 871 commuters (the 9% 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 it is to work from Holderness
About 18% 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.
For most of Holderness, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Holderness is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Holderness 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 961 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). 4.6% of Holderness households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Holderness’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Holderness is 2,675th among 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 173 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 236 | Mont Vernon NH | 2,698 | $158K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 260 | Hampton Falls NH | 2,379 | $166K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,673 | Richland Township IN | 1,803 | $73K | 10.6% | 4.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,674 | Rome Township MI | 1,780 | $84K | 11.4% | 9.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,675 | Holderness NH | 2,024 | $108K | 12.1% | 2.2% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,676 | Monroe Township OH | 1,892 | $83K | 12.3% | 3.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,677 | Eaton Township PA | 1,426 | $70K | 7.4% | 1.8% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Holderness, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Work next door: 21% of Holderness’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Holderness workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holderness | – | C+ | B− | 27 min | $107,863 |
| Plymouth | 18% | C− | A | 18 min | $77,027 |
| Ashland | 3% | C− | B | 26 min | $54,607 |
| Center Harbor | under 3% | B+ | B− | 25 min | $104,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Plymouth. Darker towns draw more of Holderness’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 Holderness: questions
What is the median household income in Holderness?
$107,863 (±$45,366) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Holderness?
12.1%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Holderness?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Holderness work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plymouth (18%, 7 mi), Concord (5%, 37 mi), Meredith (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Holderness walkable?
Holderness is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Holderness without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Holderness, from the people who make the trip.
More of Holderness
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.