New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound (Additional Documentation) · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in New Durham (9.4%) is higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income New Durham is better than 40% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (D). Measured by household income, New Durham is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns. Only 4% work in New Durham itself; outside it, Rochester draws the most (12%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
New Durham and work: the main findings
New Durham is a place people come home to
There are 261 jobs based in New Durham, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday New Durham has about 1,800 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
New Durham workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
New Durham’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds New Durham’s grade up ($100,194, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Durham could be anywhere from C to A−.
How a workday changes New Durham
On a workday 1,280 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in New Durham on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.20 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 2023, primary jobs.
From New Durham, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Durham workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,316 commuters (the 10% 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 New Durham’s working residents head each day
Where New Durham clocks in
12% of workers
10% 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.
Inside New Durham’s 261 jobs
261 jobs are based in New Durham.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Durham, 2013 → 2023: 252 → 261. 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 New Durham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from New Durham to work
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.
Most of New Durham commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,463 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). 2.4% of New Durham households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Durham’s commuters take a bus or train.
New Durham next to U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900: 2,844th of 4,882 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 261 | Mont Vernon NH | 2,698 | $158K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 288 | Hampton Falls NH | 2,379 | $166K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 328 | Kensington NH | 2,092 | $165K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,842 | Concordia MO | 2,338 | $59K | 15.5% | 1.0% | 21% | C+ |
| 2,843 | Plattsburg MO | 2,239 | $63K | 17.5% | 1.6% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,844 | New Durham NH | 2,890 | $100K | 5.8% | 9.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,845 | Weston Township OH | 2,172 | $66K | 9.0% | 6.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,846 | Eastover NC | 3,743 | $85K | 13.4% | 6.9% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Durham, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
New Durham and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Alton (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Durham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Durham | – | C+ | D | 35 min | $100,194 |
| Alton | 3% | B+ | C− | 33 min | $113,715 |
| Farmington | 3% | C | C− | 29 min | $66,943 |
| Brookfield | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brookfield: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Durham’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 New Durham: questions
What is the median household income in New Durham?
$100,194 (±$12,931) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Durham?
5.8%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Durham?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Durham work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (12%, 14 mi), Portsmouth (10%, 34 mi), Dover (8%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Durham walkable?
New Durham is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Durham 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 Durham, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Durham
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.