Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Rumney has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
About one in ten stay in Rumney for work; outside it, Plymouth is the main destination (18%, 7 miles). Rumney has 269 jobs, against 665 working residents. The two grades for Rumney are C for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Rumney in brief
Rumney and Plymouth trade workers both ways
Plymouth is the top workplace for Rumney residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Rumney come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Rumney workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 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 665 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Rumney’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Rumney is better than 29% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Rumney’s grade up ($79,444, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.3%) is left out: Rumney’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, Rumney could be anywhere from D to B−.
Where the trip to work from Rumney ends
Where Rumney clocks in
18% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
About 33 minutes to work from Rumney
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rumney workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 628 commuters (the 14% 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.
Who commutes out of Rumney, and who commutes in
On a workday 604 residents head out to work, 61 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Rumney on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
In Rumney, 50% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rumney, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 269. 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 Rumney’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Rumney goes to work
About 19% 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 Rumney, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rumney is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Rumney 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 734 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). 0.7% of Rumney households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rumney’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,717th of 6,308: where Rumney ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 167 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 405 | Madbury NH | 1,927 | $148K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 724 | Mason NH | 1,460 | $111K | 4.7% | 2.7% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,715 | Shoal Creek Township IL | 1,562 | $67K | 10.1% | 9.8% | 1% | C |
| 3,716 | Sumner ME | 1,006 | $58K | 5.8% | 2.4% | 1% | C |
| 3,717 | Rumney NH | 1,479 | $79K | 10.4% | 5.3% | 9% | C |
| 3,718 | Sigel WI | 1,162 | $82K | 21.3% | 4.3% | 1% | C |
| 3,719 | Seelyville IN | 1,000 | $57K | 10.5% | 2.6% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Rumney, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Bordering towns draw 20% of Rumney’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rumney workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rumney | – | C | C− | 33 min | $79,444 |
| Plymouth | 18% | C− | A | 18 min | $77,027 |
| Ellsworth | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Wentworth | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Groton | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Campton | 2% | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $118,870 |
| Dorchester | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ellsworth, Groton and Dorchester: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Wentworth: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Plymouth. Darker towns draw more of Rumney’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 Rumney: questions
What is the median household income in Rumney?
$79,444 (±$20,753) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rumney?
10.4%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rumney?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rumney work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plymouth (18%, 7 mi), Concord (5%, 43 mi), Lebanon (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rumney walkable?
Rumney is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rumney without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rumney, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rumney
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.