Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Litchfield earn more than those in 96% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 1.0% of residents, next to 7.2% for New Hampshire as a whole. For jobs and income Litchfield is better than 94% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (C). Only 6% work in Litchfield itself; outside it, Nashua draws the most (15%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Litchfield apart
A lot of Litchfield works one town over
35% of working residents work in a town that borders Litchfield: Nashua (15%), Manchester (8%) and Hudson (7%). Next door ↓
Litchfield is a place people come home to
There are 935 jobs based in Litchfield, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Litchfield has about 5,200 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Litchfield’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 29 minutes, longer than the New Hampshire average of 27. 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 Litchfield’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 65% 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, Litchfield could be anywhere from A to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Litchfield
On a workday 4,186 residents head out to work, 272 work right here, and 663 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,200 people are in Litchfield on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.21 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.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Litchfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Litchfield workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,797 commuters (the 21% 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.
Where the trip to work from Litchfield ends
Where Litchfield clocks in
15% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
What Litchfield’s employers do
935 jobs are based in Litchfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Litchfield, 2013 → 2023: 900 → 935. 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 Litchfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Litchfield to work
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 of Litchfield commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,804 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). 1.7% of Litchfield households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Litchfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,927 U.S. towns of 6,100 to 11,800, Litchfield comes 276th 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
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| 107 | Auburn NH | 6,336 | $153K | 2.5% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 137 | Hollis NH | 8,819 | $169K | 1.9% | 2.0% | 10% | A+ |
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| 274 | Maidencreek Township PA | 9,309 | $112K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 5% | A |
| 275 | Hales Corners WI | 7,740 | $88K | 3.5% | 2.3% | 4% | A |
| 276 | Litchfield NH | 8,704 | $162K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 6% | A |
| 277 | East Fallowfield Township PA | 7,917 | $117K | 5.0% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| 278 | Wyoming MN | 8,121 | $108K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 6% | A |
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| 284 | Stratham NH | 7,735 | $152K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,927 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Litchfield, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
35% of Litchfield works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Litchfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litchfield | – | A | C | 29 min | $162,036 |
| Merrimack | 5% | A+ | C | 27 min | $127,219 |
| East Merrimack | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Hudson | 7% | A− | C+ | 31 min | $124,213 |
| Nashua | 15% | A− | B+ | 26 min | $96,326 |
| Manchester | 8% | B+ | A− | 24 min | $81,007 |
Same-state neighbors only. East Merrimack: 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 Nashua. Darker towns draw more of Litchfield’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 Litchfield: questions
What is the median household income in Litchfield?
$162,036 (±$10,951) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Litchfield?
1.0%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Litchfield?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Litchfield work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashua (15%, 7 mi), Manchester (8%, 10 mi), Londonderry (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Litchfield walkable?
Litchfield is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Litchfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Litchfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Litchfield
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.