Newfields’ household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 2.4%, next to 7.2% for New Hampshire as a whole. Jobs and income earn Newfields A+; getting around on foot earns it C. Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers; New Hampshire has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Newfields at work: what stands out
Newfields makes and builds things
59% of the jobs based in Newfields are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Newfields residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Newfields
26% of Newfields workers work from home, against 17% across New Hampshire. 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 997 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Newfields’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Newfields is better than 96% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($197,885, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newfields could be anywhere from A to A+.
Goods jobs make up 59% of work in Newfields
661 jobs are based in Newfields.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newfields, 2013 → 2023: 538 → 661. 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 Newfields’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Newfields: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newfields workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 929 commuters (the 26% 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 Newfields on a workday
On a workday 936 residents head out to work, 61 work right here, and 600 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Newfields on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.66 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.
16% of working residents work in Portsmouth
Where Newfields clocks in
16% of workers
12% of workers
4% 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.
How far Newfields’ workers travel
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 Newfields commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newfields is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Newfields near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,247 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). 1.4% of Newfields households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newfields’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Newfields is 174th among 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Choctaw Lake OH | 1,985 | $142K | 5.5% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 173 | Ely IA | 2,366 | $106K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| 174 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 175 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 176 | Chatham Township MN | 1,388 | $159K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 260 | Hampton Falls NH | 2,379 | $166K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 287 | Kensington NH | 2,092 | $165K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 456 | Madbury NH | 1,927 | $148K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Newfields, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Newfields’ workers
The biggest share goes to Exeter (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Newfields’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 Newfields: questions
What is the median household income in Newfields?
$197,885 (±$15,145) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newfields?
2.4%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newfields?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newfields work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (16%, 10 mi), Exeter (12%, 4 mi), Manchester (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newfields walkable?
Newfields is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newfields without a car?
0% 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 Newfields, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newfields
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.