Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Monroe works elsewhere
The average commute takes 27 minutes each way (New Hampshire 27, U.S. 26). There are 161 jobs in Monroe for 359 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, against 17% across New Hampshire.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Monroe at work: what stands out
Monroe and Littleton trade workers both ways
Littleton is the top workplace for Monroe residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Monroe come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Monroe workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 17% across New Hampshire. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 359 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
16% of working residents work in Littleton
Where Monroe clocks in
16% of workers
15% of workers
9% 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.
About 27 minutes each way, about the NH average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monroe workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 332 commuters (the 3% 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 Monroe on a workday
On a workday 352 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Monroe on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Monroe works in goods: 68% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 161. 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 Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Monroe
About 22% 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.
The towns next door employ 16% of Monroe
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Littleton. Darker towns draw more of Monroe’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 Monroe: questions
What is the median household income in Monroe?
$88,150 (±$7,410) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroe?
5.2%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monroe?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monroe work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Littleton (16%, 10 mi), Lisbon (15%, 8 mi), Haverhill (9%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Monroe without a car?
0% 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 Monroe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monroe
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.