Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0At 6.9%, unemployment in Seabrook is higher than in 82% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Seabrook itself; outside it, Portsmouth draws the most (8%, 13 miles). The two grades for Seabrook are B− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. For 10% of workers, the job is at home (New Hampshire 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Seabrook stands out on work
Stores, warehouses and trucking
46% of the jobs in Seabrook are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Seabrook draws workers from far and wide
The 6,150 jobs in Seabrook are filled from a wide area. Seabrook’s own residents hold 12% and the ten next-biggest home towns 27%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Seabrook are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 27 across New Hampshire. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Hampshire worker, and quicker than any town next door (26 to 32 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Seabrook gains people on a workday
About 10,000 people are in Seabrook on a workday afternoon, 22% more than the 8,400 who live here: 5,400 come in to work and 3,600 head out. Day and night ↓
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.
Seabrook’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Seabrook is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #104 of 126 in New Hampshire. Job access by car holds Seabrook’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Seabrook could be anywhere from C to A−.
The 6,150 jobs based in Seabrook
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seabrook, 2013 → 2023: 5,474 → 6,150. 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 Seabrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Seabrook’s working residents head each day
Where Seabrook clocks in
8% 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.
The daily trip from Seabrook: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seabrook workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,342 commuters (the 11% 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 many people are in Seabrook by day
On a workday 3,605 residents head out to work, 715 work right here, and 5,435 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Seabrook on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 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.
Miles to work from Seabrook
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.
The commute in Seabrook is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Seabrook is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #29 of 126 in New Hampshire. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% 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 3,736 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% 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). 6.0% of Seabrook households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Seabrook’s commuters take a bus or train.
Seabrook next to U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,400: 1,823rd of 2,981 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Auburn NH | 6,336 | $153K | 2.5% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 136 | Hollis NH | 8,819 | $169K | 1.9% | 2.0% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 276 | Litchfield NH | 8,704 | $162K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,821 | Conover NC | 8,938 | $66K | 15.7% | 3.3% | 11% | B− |
| 1,822 | Taylor PA | 6,232 | $72K | 11.4% | 5.5% | 6% | B− |
| 1,823 | Seabrook NH | 8,430 | $84K | 12.1% | 6.9% | 17% | B− |
| 1,824 | Livonia NY | 7,470 | $89K | 7.7% | 11.0% | 13% | B− |
| 1,825 | Hamilton NY | 6,348 | $75K | 7.4% | 4.2% | 37% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,981 | 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 Seabrook, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Next door to Seabrook
The biggest share goes to Hampton (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seabrook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seabrook | – | B− | B+ | 21 min | $84,349 |
| Hampton Falls | under 3% | A | B | 32 min | $166,157 |
| South Hampton | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Hampton | 5% | B+ | B+ | 26 min | $95,233 |
Same-state neighbors only. South Hampton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Seabrook’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 Seabrook: questions
What is the median household income in Seabrook?
$84,349 (±$15,363) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seabrook?
12.1%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seabrook?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seabrook work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (8%, 13 mi), Hampton (5%, 4 mi), Newburyport (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Seabrook walkable?
Seabrook is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Seabrook without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seabrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seabrook
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.