Photo: User:Accurizer · Public domainHousehold incomes in Jackson top those of 87% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Jackson itself; outside it, Conway draws the most (18%, 13 miles). Poverty touches 16.9% of residents, next to 7.2% for New Hampshire as a whole. Jackson grades 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
The work figures that set Jackson apart
Jackson and Conway trade workers both ways
Conway is the top workplace for Jackson residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Jackson come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Jackson is where the jobs are
Jackson has 523 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
44% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 327 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Jackson
On income, poverty and job access, Jackson is better than 33% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Jackson’s grade up ($117,986, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Jackson’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, Jackson could be anywhere from D to B+.
Where the people who work in Jackson live
Where Jackson clocks in
18% of workers
13% 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.
Who commutes out of Jackson, and who commutes in
On a workday 293 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 489 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Jackson on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Miles to work from Jackson
About 44% 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.
Most jobs in Jackson are in services
523 jobs are based in Jackson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jackson, 2013 → 2023: 400 → 523. 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 Jackson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Jackson
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jackson workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 273 commuters (the 22% 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.
Most trips from Jackson start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jackson is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, the same share as across New Hampshire, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 351 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). 2.3% of Jackson households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jackson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Jackson places 1,964th of 3,771 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 387 | Mason NH | 1,460 | $111K | 4.7% | 2.7% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 530 | Center Harbor NH | 1,049 | $104K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 597 | Wilmot NH | 1,471 | $118K | 2.3% | 1.6% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,962 | Red Lake Falls MN | 1,348 | $64K | 5.9% | 1.9% | 28% | C |
| 1,963 | Claycomo MO | 1,362 | $49K | 19.8% | 6.9% | 6% | C |
| 1,964 | Jackson NH | 1,082 | $118K | 16.9% | 4.2% | 10% | C |
| 1,965 | Bloominggrove Township OH | 1,297 | $61K | 8.7% | 0.0% | 2% | C |
| 1,966 | North Webster IN | 1,001 | $55K | 10.4% | 1.1% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Jackson, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Bordering towns draw 13% of Jackson’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Bartlett. Darker towns draw more of Jackson’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 Jackson: questions
What is the median household income in Jackson?
$117,986 (±$46,020) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jackson?
16.9%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jackson?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jackson work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Conway (18%, 13 mi), Bartlett (13%, 8 mi), Hart's Location (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jackson walkable?
Jackson is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jackson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jackson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jackson
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.