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Jobs & commute in Piermont

Piermont has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Piermont has 43 jobs, and 356 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Piermont for work; outside it, Lebanon is the main destination (13%, 26 miles). Home is the office for 26% of workers, against 17% across New Hampshire.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Work in Piermont: the figures worth knowing

Piermont is a place people come home to

There are 43 jobs based in Piermont, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Piermont has about 450 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Piermont’s biggest commute is a long one

The top workplace outside Piermont is Lebanon, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (48) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓

A lot of Piermont works from home

26% of Piermont 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 356 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

In and out of Piermont on a workday

On a workday 353 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.

353live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
40work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night760
Workday450
760live here− 350head out to work+ 40come in to work= 450on a workday

About 450 people are in Piermont on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.12jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

How far

How many miles Piermont commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLebanon: 13% · 25.8 miHanover: 9% · 19 miWentworth: 6% · 8.1 miPlymouth: 5% · 20.3 miHaverhill: 4% · 7.9 miBradford: 4% · 8.6 miConcord: 4% · 55 miManchester: 3% · 73 miOrford: 3% · 5.7 miHartford: 2% · 28.1 miLebanon 13%Hanover 9%Wentworth 6%Plymouth 5%Haverhill 4%Piermont
PiermontTop destinations (size = commuters)
14%Under 10 mi51 residents
37%10–24 mi130 residents
25%25–50 mi87 residents
25%Over 50 mi87 residents

About 25% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Piermont: about 26 minutes

A year of commuting
202 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Piermont26 min
New Hampshire27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
26%

of Piermont workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
How Piermont gets to work
88%Drive alone
9%Carpool
2%Transit
1%Walk

Share of the 364 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.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Piermont ends

AuburnLebanon: 48 residents work here (13%)Manchester: 10 residents work here (3%)Concord: 13 residents work here (4%)BarreRutlandPlymouth: 19 residents work here (5%)WarrenHaverhill: 15 residents work here (4%)Orford: 10 residents work here (3%)RumneyPiermontHanover: 31 residents work here (9%)BentonWentworth: 22 residents work here (6%)Hartford: 8 residents work here (2%)Bradford: 14 residents work here (4%)LebanonHanoverWentworthPlymouthHaverhillBradfordPiermont
1
Lebanon25.8 mi away
13%48
2
Hanover19 mi away
9%31
3
Wentworth8.1 mi away
6%22
4
Plymouth20.3 mi away
5%19
5
Haverhill7.9 mi away
4%15
6
Bradford, VT8.6 mi away
4%14
7
Concord55 mi away
4%13
8
Manchester73 mi away
3%10
9
Orford5.7 mi away
3%10
10
Hartford, VT28.1 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%166
The top trips

Where Piermont clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Jobs in Piermont: what the 43 are

Jobs based in PiermontJobs Piermont residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms19%16%
Trade, transport & utilities28%17%
Services: health, schools, offices53%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less30%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%21%
Over $3,333 a month44%67%

Who does it

29 or younger16%18%
30 to 5451%51%
55 and older33%31%
+2%

Jobs based in Piermont, 2014 → 2024: 42 → 43. 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 Piermont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Next door

Piermont and its neighbors: 17% work next door

The biggest share goes to Wentworth (6%).

Jobs & commute next door

TownPiermont workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Piermont–——26 min$80,000
Haverhill4%B−B−33 min$85,929
Orford3%B−B26 min$92,571
Warrenunder 3%——28 min—
Wentworth6%——20 min—
Bentonunder 3%——32 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Warren and Benton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Wentworth: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Piermont’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Piermont: questions

What is the median household income in Piermont?

$80,000 (±$16,531) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Piermont?

4.8%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Piermont?

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 Piermont work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lebanon (13%, 26 mi), Hanover (9%, 19 mi), Wentworth (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Piermont without a car?

2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Piermont, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Piermont

Piermont home →

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.