Photo: Craig Michaud at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Mason has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
230 jobs are based in Mason for 771 working residents. For jobs and income Mason is better than 78% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (C). Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mason stands out on work
Mason workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (30 to 33 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Mason is a place people come home to
There are 230 jobs based in Mason, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mason has about 920 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. 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; with 771 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Mason’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Mason’s grade up ($111,090, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Mason’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mason could be anywhere from B to A.
Commuting from Mason: about 41 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mason workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 589 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.
In and out of Mason on a workday
On a workday 719 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere.
About 920 people are in Mason on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
12% of working residents work in Nashua
Where Mason clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Mason: what the 230 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mason, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 230. 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 Mason’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mason
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.
Mason is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 743 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). 0.6% of Mason households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Mason’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Mason ranks 724th of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 167 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 405 | Madbury NH | 1,927 | $148K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
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| 722 | Le Sauk Township MN | 1,515 | $94K | 6.4% | 1.3% | 1% | A− |
| 723 | Acoma Township MN | 1,135 | $126K | 2.6% | 4.6% | 1% | A− |
| 724 | Mason NH | 1,460 | $111K | 4.7% | 2.7% | 7% | A− |
| 725 | Dover Township OH | 1,572 | $100K | 4.3% | 4.4% | 3% | A− |
| 726 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
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| 801 | Lyndeborough NH | 1,730 | $117K | 3.7% | 9.8% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Mason, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
The towns around Mason
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mason workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason | – | A− | C | 41 min | $111,090 |
| Greenville | under 2% | C | C− | 32 min | $71,875 |
| Brookline | under 2% | A+ | C | 33 min | $171,046 |
| New Ipswich | under 2% | A | C+ | 33 min | $110,507 |
| Wilton | under 2% | A | C+ | 30 min | $114,349 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mason’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 Mason: questions
What is the median household income in Mason?
$111,090 (±$2,722) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mason?
4.7%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mason?
41 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 Mason work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashua (12%, 13 mi), Manchester (7%, 23 mi), Milford (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mason walkable?
Mason is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mason without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mason, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mason
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.