Whittier Bridge · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0At 1.6%, unemployment in Ossipee is lower than in 89% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Ossipee; the top destination outside it is Wolfeboro (12%, 8 miles). The two grades for Ossipee are B for jobs and income and C for walkability. 5% of workers have no commute at all (New Hampshire 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Ossipee
What’s behind Ossipee’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ossipee is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #87 of 126 in New Hampshire. Unemployment holds Ossipee’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ossipee could be anywhere from C to A−.
The trip to work from Ossipee: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ossipee workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,932 commuters (the 5% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Ossipee
On a workday 1,563 residents head out to work, 325 work right here, and 1,191 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 (0.80 per resident).
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 people from Ossipee work
Where Ossipee clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Ossipee
1,516 jobs are based in Ossipee.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ossipee, 2013 → 2023: 1,344 → 1,516. 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 Ossipee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Ossipee
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 Ossipee is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ossipee is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #98 of 126 in New Hampshire. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of 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 2,040 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). 4.2% of Ossipee households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Ossipee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ossipee is 1,712th of 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 142 | Brookline NH | 5,858 | $171K | 0.6% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 157 | North Hampton NH | 4,526 | $146K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Greenland NH | 4,143 | $163K | 0.5% | 2.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,710 | Enochville NC | 3,321 | $66K | 18.6% | 0.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,711 | Boston Township MI | 6,121 | $84K | 12.4% | 3.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,712 | Ossipee NH | 4,599 | $91K | 8.1% | 1.6% | 17% | B |
| 1,713 | Chackbay LA | 5,436 | $66K | 7.4% | 1.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,714 | Grafton OH | 5,764 | $91K | 9.2% | 5.9% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | 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 Ossipee, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
16% of Ossipee works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ossipee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossipee | – | B | C | 33 min | $90,521 |
| Freedom | under 2% | D | C− | 26 min | $66,136 |
| Effingham | under 2% | C | D | 32 min | $76,607 |
| Wolfeboro | 12% | C+ | B+ | 24 min | $94,375 |
| Tamworth | 2% | C+ | B+ | 22 min | $68,036 |
| Tuftonboro | under 2% | B− | B+ | 30 min | $100,574 |
| Moultonborough | 2% | B+ | B+ | 22 min | $106,693 |
| Wakefield | under 2% | B | C− | 36 min | $100,976 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wolfeboro. Darker towns draw more of Ossipee’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 Ossipee: questions
What is the median household income in Ossipee?
$90,521 (±$22,451) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ossipee?
8.1%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ossipee?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ossipee work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wolfeboro (12%, 8 mi), Conway (6%, 19 mi), Rochester (3%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ossipee walkable?
Ossipee is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ossipee without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ossipee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ossipee
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.