Beede Farm · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Sandwich’s household incomes are higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Sandwich B; getting around on foot earns it B−. 5.2% of residents are in poverty, next to 7.2% for New Hampshire as a whole. 36% of workers have no commute at all, where New Hampshire as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Sandwich, in brief
Home offices are common in Sandwich
36% of Sandwich workers work from home, against 17% across New Hampshire. Time on the road ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Sandwich averages 31 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (14 to 23 minutes). Next door ↓
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 582 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Sandwich’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Sandwich is better than 63% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Sandwich’s grade up ($140,694, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (9.9%) is left out: Sandwich’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Sandwich could be anywhere from B− to B+.
How long Sandwich spends getting to work: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sandwich workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 560 commuters (the 36% 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 a workday changes Sandwich
On a workday 543 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Sandwich on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.42 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Conway
Where Sandwich clocks in
10% 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.
Sandwich is a services town
245 jobs are based in Sandwich.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sandwich, 2014 → 2024: 181 → 245. 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 Sandwich’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Sandwich’s workers travel
About 28% 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.
Sandwich is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sandwich is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across New Hampshire, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 876 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). 1.2% of Sandwich households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sandwich’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sandwich places 1,399th of 5,794 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 165 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 265 | Kensington NH | 2,092 | $165K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 411 | Madbury NH | 1,927 | $148K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,397 | Spencer WI | 1,809 | $70K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 9% | B |
| 1,398 | Salisbury NH | 1,516 | $112K | 7.1% | 5.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,399 | Sandwich NH | 1,548 | $141K | 5.2% | 9.9% | 7% | B |
| 1,400 | Leadville North CO | 1,417 | $98K | 1.3% | 2.9% | 3% | B |
| 1,401 | Sun Valley ID | 1,776 | $126K | 6.0% | 0.0% | 28% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Sandwich, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
13% of Sandwich works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Tamworth (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sandwich workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwich | – | B | B− | 31 min | $140,694 |
| Moultonborough | 5% | B+ | B+ | 22 min | $106,693 |
| Waterville Valley | under 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Campton | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $118,870 |
| Tamworth | 8% | C+ | B+ | 22 min | $68,036 |
Same-state neighbors only. Waterville Valley: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sandwich’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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Sandwich: questions
What is the median household income in Sandwich?
$140,694 (±$21,546) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sandwich?
5.2%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sandwich?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sandwich work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Conway (10%, 22 mi), Tamworth (8%, 8 mi), Meredith (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sandwich walkable?
Sandwich is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sandwich without a car?
0% 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 Sandwich, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sandwich
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. 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.