Fort Constitution · Photo: AlexiusHoratius · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in New Castle
Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. For 40% of workers, the job is at home, next to 17% for New Hampshire as a whole. Hardly any work in New Castle itself; outside it, Portsmouth draws the most (32%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
New Castle and work: the main findings
Home offices are common in New Castle
40% of New Castle workers work from home, against 17% across New Hampshire. Time on the road ↓
New Castle and Portsmouth trade workers both ways
Portsmouth is the top workplace for New Castle residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in New Castle come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside New Castle
74% of New Castle residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in New Castle pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 100% leave town for their job. 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; with 438 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How long New Castle spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Castle workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 197 commuters (the 40% 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 New Castle ends
Where New Castle clocks in
32% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in New Castle
457 jobs are based in New Castle.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Castle, 2014 → 2024: 364 → 457. 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 Castle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of New Castle
On a workday 436 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 455 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The distance from New Castle to work
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.
Bordering towns draw 34% of New Castle’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Castle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Castle | – | — | — | 33 min | $176,953 |
| Portsmouth | 32% | A− | A | 22 min | $106,219 |
| Rye | 2% | A− | C+ | 29 min | $140,655 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Portsmouth. Darker towns draw more of New Castle’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 Castle: questions
What is the median household income in New Castle?
$176,953 (±$28,974) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Castle?
4.6%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Castle?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 40% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Castle work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (32%, 3 mi), Boston (5%, 53 mi), Manchester (5%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around New Castle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Castle, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Castle
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.