Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Richmond has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
48 jobs are based in Richmond for 460 working residents. The two grades for Richmond are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 3% work in Richmond itself; outside it, Keene draws the most (18%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Richmond, in a few figures
Richmond is a place people come home to
There are 48 jobs based in Richmond, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Richmond has about 820 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Richmond 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; with 460 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Richmond’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Richmond is better than 66% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Richmond’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (13.4%) is left out: Richmond’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Richmond could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Who works in Richmond, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 446 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Richmond on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Time on the road from Richmond: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richmond workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 495 commuters (the 17% 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 people from Richmond work
Where Richmond clocks in
18% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Richmond
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richmond, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 48. 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 Richmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Richmond commutes
About 18% 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.
For most of Richmond, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Richmond is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Richmond 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 599 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). 2.6% of Richmond households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Richmond’s commuters take a bus or train.
Richmond is 996th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 527 | Mason NH | 1,460 | $111K | 4.7% | 2.7% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 712 | Center Harbor NH | 1,049 | $104K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 793 | Wilmot NH | 1,471 | $118K | 2.3% | 1.6% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 994 | Pelham MA | 1,308 | $114K | 10.3% | 6.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 995 | Garfield Township MI | 1,685 | $97K | 5.5% | 5.3% | <1% | B+ |
| 996 | Richmond NH | 1,234 | $89K | 2.7% | 13.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 997 | Smithfield NY | 1,100 | $81K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 998 | Martell WI | 1,187 | $95K | 4.5% | 0.5% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Richmond, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
The towns next door employ 13% of Richmond
The biggest share goes to Swanzey (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richmond workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | – | B+ | C− | 35 min | $89,375 |
| Winchester | 2% | C− | C− | 29 min | $67,723 |
| Troy | under 2% | B | D | 25 min | $88,871 |
| Swanzey | 6% | B | C+ | 24 min | $81,595 |
| Fitzwilliam | 5% | B+ | C− | 39 min | $100,735 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Richmond’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 Richmond: questions
What is the median household income in Richmond?
$89,375 (±$27,237) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richmond?
2.7%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richmond?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richmond work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keene (18%, 12 mi), Swanzey (6%, 6 mi), Jaffrey (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Richmond walkable?
Richmond is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richmond without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richmond, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richmond
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.