Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0New Boston has higher household incomes than 95% of U.S. towns
New Boston grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. 6.3% of residents are in poverty, where New Hampshire as a whole has 7.2%. Only 5% work in New Boston; the top destination outside it is Manchester (18%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in New Boston
New Boston workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
New Boston is a place people come home to
There are 728 jobs based in New Boston, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday New Boston has about 3,900 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
New Boston has added jobs fast
Jobs based in New Boston went from 517 in 2014 to 728 in 2024, +41%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in New Boston: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Boston is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #51 of 126 in New Hampshire. Household income holds New Boston’s grade up ($154,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Boston could be anywhere from B− to A+.
From New Boston, about 36 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Boston workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,565 commuters (the 22% 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.
New Boston by day and by night
On a workday 2,990 residents head out to work, 148 work right here, and 580 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in New Boston on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.23 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 2024, primary jobs.
What work there is in New Boston: 728 jobs
728 jobs are based in New Boston.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Boston, 2014 → 2024: 517 → 728. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Boston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from New Boston ends
Where New Boston clocks in
18% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from New Boston
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of New Boston, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Boston is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #119 of 126 in New Hampshire. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across New Hampshire.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,297 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). 2.1% of New Boston households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Boston’s commuters take a bus or train.
New Boston places 916th of 3,349 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,500
| # | 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 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Auburn NH | 6,336 | $153K | 2.5% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 136 | Brookline NH | 5,858 | $171K | 0.6% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | North Hampton NH | 4,526 | $146K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 914 | Allen Township IN | 7,175 | $78K | 5.8% | 2.2% | 9% | A− |
| 915 | Deerfield MA | 5,147 | $106K | 7.8% | 2.8% | 22% | A− |
| 916 | New Boston NH | 6,276 | $154K | 6.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A− |
| 917 | Marcy NY | 8,232 | $93K | 8.3% | 2.5% | 7% | A− |
| 918 | Preston CT | 4,873 | $117K | 2.4% | 5.4% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,349 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 New Boston, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
16% of New Boston works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Goffstown (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Boston workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Boston | – | A− | D | 36 min | $154,250 |
| Goffstown | 8% | A | B | 28 min | $113,958 |
| Francestown | under 3% | B | D | 42 min | $104,063 |
| Bedford | 8% | A+ | B+ | 25 min | $167,418 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Boston’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 2024, 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 New Boston: questions
What is the median household income in New Boston?
$154,250 (±$25,162) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Boston?
6.3%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Boston?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Boston work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manchester (18%, 11 mi), Goffstown (8%, 6 mi), Bedford (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is New Boston walkable?
New Boston is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Boston 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 New Boston, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Boston
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.