Photo: Carju451 at English Wikipedia · Public domainHousehold incomes in Rindge are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns
Rindge grades B for jobs and income and A− for walkability. 9.6% of residents are in poverty; New Hampshire has 7.2%. About one in seven stay in Rindge for work; outside it, Jaffrey is the main destination (15%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rindge and work: the main findings
Why Rindge gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rindge is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #85 of 126 in New Hampshire. Household income holds Rindge’s grade up ($102,679, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% 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, Rindge could be anywhere from C to A−.
Inside Rindge’s 1,672 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rindge, 2013 → 2023: 1,415 → 1,672. 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 Rindge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Rindge by day
On a workday 1,902 residents head out to work, 324 work right here, and 1,348 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 (0.75 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 Rindge’s working residents head each day
Where Rindge clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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.
Getting to work from Rindge takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rindge workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,501 commuters (the 18% 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.
How far Rindge’s workers travel
About 17% 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.
In Rindge, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rindge is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #16 of 126 in New Hampshire. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across New Hampshire, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,055 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). 2.4% of Rindge households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Rindge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rindge is 1,507th of 3,218 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Auburn NH | 6,336 | $153K | 2.5% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Brookline NH | 5,858 | $171K | 0.6% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 240 | Litchfield NH | 8,704 | $162K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,505 | West Miami FL | 7,125 | $61K | 12.9% | 2.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,506 | Hall Township IL | 8,193 | $71K | 7.1% | 3.0% | 17% | B |
| 1,507 | Rindge NH | 6,502 | $103K | 9.6% | 3.4% | 15% | B |
| 1,508 | Bethel Township PA | 5,491 | $90K | 9.4% | 4.7% | 12% | B |
| 1,509 | Ligonier Township PA | 5,952 | $77K | 9.8% | 2.3% | 14% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,218 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Rindge, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
The towns next door employ 18% of Rindge
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rindge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rindge | – | B | A− | 28 min | $102,679 |
| New Ipswich | 3% | A | C+ | 33 min | $110,507 |
| Jaffrey | 15% | B | B− | 25 min | $92,330 |
| Fitzwilliam | under 2% | B+ | C− | 39 min | $100,735 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jaffrey. Darker towns draw more of Rindge’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 Rindge: questions
What is the median household income in Rindge?
$102,679 (±$19,520) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rindge?
9.6%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rindge?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rindge work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jaffrey (15%, 6 mi), Peterborough (8%, 10 mi), Keene (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rindge walkable?
Rindge is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rindge without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rindge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rindge
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.