Photo: TrustTruth at en.wikipedia · Public domainJaffrey has higher household incomes than 70% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 8% of workers (New Hampshire 17%). 3.8% of residents are in poverty (New Hampshire 7.2%). Jaffrey grades B 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
Work in Jaffrey: the figures worth knowing
Jaffrey makes and builds things
61% of the jobs based in Jaffrey are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Jaffrey residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Jaffrey pay over $40,000 a year
77% of the jobs based in Jaffrey pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
What’s behind Jaffrey’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jaffrey is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #83 of 126 in New Hampshire. The poverty rate holds Jaffrey’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% 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, Jaffrey could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Goods jobs make up 61% of work in Jaffrey
3,290 jobs are based in Jaffrey.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jaffrey, 2013 → 2023: 2,641 → 3,290. 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 Jaffrey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Jaffrey for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,823 residents head out to work, 757 work right here, and 2,533 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,300 people are in Jaffrey on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 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.
13% of working residents work in Peterborough
Where Jaffrey clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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 trip to work from Jaffrey: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jaffrey workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,535 commuters (the 8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Jaffrey
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.
Getting around Jaffrey: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jaffrey is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #51 of 126 in New Hampshire. Both inputs place Jaffrey 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 2,742 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). 4.2% of Jaffrey households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Jaffrey’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,600, Jaffrey ranks 1,523rd of 3,561 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Auburn NH | 6,336 | $153K | 2.5% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 149 | Brookline NH | 5,858 | $171K | 0.6% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 169 | North Hampton NH | 4,526 | $146K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,521 | Lebanon IL | 4,884 | $89K | 14.8% | 2.0% | 8% | B |
| 1,522 | Wheatfield Township IN | 4,588 | $80K | 7.5% | 2.3% | 7% | B |
| 1,523 | Jaffrey NH | 5,633 | $92K | 3.8% | 5.1% | 29% | B |
| 1,524 | Genoa IL | 5,547 | $82K | 11.9% | 3.6% | 9% | B |
| 1,525 | Walton KY | 5,868 | $78K | 13.0% | 3.2% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,561 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Jaffrey, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Next door to Jaffrey
The biggest share goes to Rindge (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jaffrey workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaffrey | – | B | B− | 25 min | $92,330 |
| Dublin | under 2% | B− | A− | 28 min | $104,659 |
| Rindge | 5% | B | A− | 28 min | $102,679 |
| Fitzwilliam | under 2% | B+ | C− | 39 min | $100,735 |
| Troy | under 2% | B | D | 25 min | $88,871 |
| Marlborough | under 2% | B− | B | 21 min | $69,032 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jaffrey’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 Jaffrey: questions
What is the median household income in Jaffrey?
$92,330 (±$17,793) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jaffrey?
3.8%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jaffrey?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jaffrey work?
29% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peterborough (13%, 7 mi), Keene (8%, 15 mi), Rindge (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jaffrey walkable?
Jaffrey is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jaffrey without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jaffrey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jaffrey
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.