Hall Memorial Library · Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Northfield has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Northfield has 1,307 jobs, and 2,451 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Northfield are B for jobs and income and D for walkability. For 7% of workers, the job is at home; New Hampshire has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Northfield stands out on work
Northfield’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Northfield is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #75 of 126 in New Hampshire. Household income holds Northfield’s grade up ($92,917, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Northfield could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Northfield makes things: 32% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Northfield, 2013 → 2023: 876 → 1,307. 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 Northfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Northfield
On a workday 2,309 residents head out to work, 142 work right here, and 1,165 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Northfield 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.
Where the trip to work from Northfield ends
Where Northfield clocks in
17% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
Commuting from Northfield: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Northfield workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,536 commuters (the 7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Northfield
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 commute in Northfield is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Northfield is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #121 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 2,724 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). 1.6% of Northfield households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Northfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,436th of 3,627: where Northfield ranks among U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Auburn NH | 6,336 | $153K | 2.5% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Brookline NH | 5,858 | $171K | 0.6% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | North Hampton NH | 4,526 | $146K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,434 | Potomac Mills VA | 5,741 | $105K | 15.2% | 4.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,435 | Rainsville AL | 6,020 | $74K | 7.0% | 1.0% | 16% | B |
| 1,436 | Northfield NH | 5,081 | $93K | 8.1% | 3.3% | 6% | B |
| 1,437 | Connoquenessing Township PA | 4,151 | $85K | 10.2% | 3.2% | 5% | B |
| 1,438 | Cedar Creek TX | 4,440 | $74K | 14.2% | 1.5% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Northfield, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Next door is work for 20% of Northfield
The biggest share goes to Tilton (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Northfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northfield | – | B | D | 26 min | $92,917 |
| Tilton | 11% | C+ | A− | 25 min | $66,667 |
| Franklin | 6% | B | C | 32 min | $71,648 |
| Tilton Northfield | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Boscawen | under 2% | C | C | 28 min | $77,328 |
| Canterbury | under 2% | A− | B | 33 min | $129,333 |
| Belmont | 3% | B− | B− | 25 min | $69,063 |
Same-state neighbors only. Tilton Northfield: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Northfield’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 Northfield: questions
What is the median household income in Northfield?
$92,917 (±$15,488) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Northfield?
8.1%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Northfield?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Northfield work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Concord (17%, 12 mi), Tilton (11%, 5 mi), Laconia (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Northfield walkable?
Northfield is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Northfield 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 Northfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Northfield
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.