Photo: Ken Gallager · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Loudon works elsewhere
Loudon has 993 jobs for 2,890 working residents. Jobs and income earn Loudon A−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Loudon stands out on work
Loudon and Concord trade workers both ways
Concord is the top workplace for Loudon residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Loudon come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Loudon makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Loudon are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Loudon residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. The jobs ↓
Loudon empties out on a workday
About 3,900 people are in Loudon on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than the 5,800 who live here: 2,700 head out to work and 830 come in. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Loudon
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Loudon is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #37 of 126 in New Hampshire. Unemployment holds Loudon’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Loudon could be anywhere from B to A.
30% of working residents work in Concord
Where Loudon clocks in
30% of workers
9% of workers
3% 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.
Loudon makes things: 41% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loudon, 2013 → 2023: 796 → 993. 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 Loudon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Loudon quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,729 residents head out to work, 161 work right here, and 832 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Loudon on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Loudon: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loudon workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,587 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.
Miles to work from Loudon
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.
Loudon is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Loudon is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #75 of 126 in New Hampshire. Both inputs place Loudon 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 2,840 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). 0.0% of Loudon households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Loudon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,800, Loudon ranks 614th of 3,527 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+ |
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| 111 | Auburn NH | 6,336 | $153K | 2.5% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 144 | Brookline NH | 5,858 | $171K | 0.6% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | North Hampton NH | 4,526 | $146K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 612 | Northvale NJ | 4,978 | $128K | 4.7% | 6.3% | 5% | A− |
| 613 | Ashland City TN | 5,650 | $79K | 6.4% | 1.4% | 12% | A− |
| 614 | Loudon NH | 5,781 | $107K | 4.4% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| 615 | Fairfield Plantation GA | 6,172 | $103K | 5.8% | 1.3% | 2% | A− |
| 616 | Hudson Bend TX | 4,127 | $96K | 5.8% | 3.3% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,527 | 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 Loudon, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
The towns next door employ 30% of Loudon
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Loudon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loudon | – | A− | C+ | 30 min | $106,966 |
| Canterbury | under 2% | A− | B | 33 min | $129,333 |
| Chichester | under 2% | A− | A− | 30 min | $109,297 |
| Gilmanton | under 2% | B | D | 33 min | $117,088 |
| Concord | 30% | B | A− | 23 min | $84,902 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Concord. Darker towns draw more of Loudon’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 Loudon: questions
What is the median household income in Loudon?
$106,966 (±$15,836) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loudon?
4.4%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loudon?
30 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 Loudon work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Concord (30%, 8 mi), Manchester (9%, 22 mi), Laconia (3%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Loudon walkable?
Loudon is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Loudon without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loudon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loudon
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.