Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Stewartstown
About one in seven work in Stewartstown itself; outside it, Pittsburg draws the most (17%, 15 miles). For 9% of workers, the job is at home (New Hampshire 17%). A typical one-way commute lasts 40 minutes, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Stewartstown apart
Each way, about 40 minutes from Stewartstown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stewartstown workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 343 commuters (the 9% 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 leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 267 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 235 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 (0.90 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Stewartstown ends
Where Stewartstown clocks in
17% of workers
15% of workers
7% 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.
What Stewartstown’s employers do
286 jobs are based in Stewartstown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stewartstown, 2014 → 2024: 214 → 286. 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 Stewartstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Stewartstown
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.
The towns next door employ 22% of Stewartstown
The biggest share goes to Colebrook (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stewartstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewartstown | – | — | — | 40 min | $57,069 |
| Colebrook | 15% | D | A− | 21 min | $51,159 |
| Clarksville | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Clarksville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stewartstown’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 Stewartstown: questions
What is the median household income in Stewartstown?
$57,069 (±$15,031) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stewartstown?
17.7%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stewartstown?
40 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stewartstown work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburg (17%, 15 mi), Colebrook (15%, 4 mi), Canaan (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Stewartstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stewartstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stewartstown
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.