Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Hooksett’s household incomes are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 27 minutes each way, about the same as across New Hampshire. The poverty rate is 3.3%; New Hampshire has 7.2%. Hooksett grades A 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 stands out about work in Hooksett
Hooksett and Manchester trade workers both ways
Manchester is the top workplace for Hooksett residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Hooksett come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hooksett gains people on a workday
About 18,000 people are in Hooksett on a workday afternoon, 20% more than the 15,000 who live here: 9,700 come in to work and 6,600 head out. Day and night ↓
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.
Hooksett’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hooksett is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #13 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 69% 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, Hooksett could be anywhere from A− to A+.
28% of working residents work in Manchester
Where Hooksett clocks in
28% of workers
9% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Hooksett
On a workday 6,646 residents head out to work, 719 work right here, and 9,741 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Hooksett on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 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.
67% of the jobs in Hooksett pay over $3,333 a month
10,460 jobs are based in Hooksett.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hooksett, 2013 → 2023: 10,579 → 10,460. 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 Hooksett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Hooksett spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hooksett workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,408 commuters (the 13% 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.
Half of Hooksett commutes less than 10 miles
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 Hooksett, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hooksett is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #65 of 126 in New Hampshire. Both inputs place Hooksett 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 8,553 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). 2.6% of Hooksett households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hooksett’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hooksett is 266th of 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 192 | Amherst NH | 11,985 | $153K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 264 | Twinsburg OH | 18,939 | $99K | 4.1% | 2.6% | 9% | A |
| 265 | Swansea MA | 17,701 | $116K | 2.8% | 3.5% | 9% | A |
| 266 | Hooksett NH | 15,346 | $118K | 3.3% | 2.5% | 10% | A |
| 267 | Lewisboro NY | 12,162 | $232K | 1.9% | 4.4% | 8% | A |
| 268 | Fairview Township PA | 18,015 | $106K | 6.1% | 1.7% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 272 | Goffstown NH | 18,607 | $114K | 6.4% | 0.8% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 293 | Durham NH | 15,346 | $124K | 15.1% | 4.3% | 18% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Hooksett, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
28% of Hooksett works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hooksett workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooksett | – | A | B− | 27 min | $117,962 |
| Manchester | 28% | B+ | A− | 24 min | $81,007 |
| Allenstown | under 2% | B− | B+ | 24 min | $72,500 |
| Auburn | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 28 min | $153,253 |
| Suncook | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Candia | under 2% | A− | B− | 34 min | $119,737 |
| Bow | under 2% | A | C | 27 min | $172,857 |
| Dunbarton | under 2% | A− | C− | 34 min | $124,348 |
| Deerfield | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 34 min | $131,563 |
Same-state neighbors only. Suncook: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Manchester. Darker towns draw more of Hooksett’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 Hooksett: questions
What is the median household income in Hooksett?
$117,962 (±$11,044) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hooksett?
3.3%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hooksett?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hooksett work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manchester (28%, 7 mi), Concord (9%, 12 mi), Bedford (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hooksett walkable?
Hooksett is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hooksett without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hooksett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hooksett
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.