Photo: Andrew Sawyer · CC BY 2.5Most of Stoddard commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
86 jobs are based in Stoddard; 651 of its residents have a job. Stoddard grades B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 4% work in Stoddard; the top destination outside it is Keene (28%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stoddard at work: what stands out
Stoddard is a place people come home to
There are 86 jobs based in Stoddard, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stoddard has about 900 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of Stoddard works in Keene
180 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Keene, 13 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Stoddard itself. The commute map ↓
Stoddard workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 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 651 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Stoddard’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Stoddard is better than 60% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Stoddard’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Stoddard’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, Stoddard could be anywhere from B− to B+.
In and out of Stoddard on a workday
On a workday 626 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Stoddard on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Where Stoddard’s working residents head each day
Where Stoddard clocks in
28% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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 34 minutes to work from Stoddard
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stoddard workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 498 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.
What Stoddard’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stoddard, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 86. 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 Stoddard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Stoddard, by distance
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.
Most of Stoddard commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stoddard is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Stoddard 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 550 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). 1.4% of Stoddard households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stoddard’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,640th of 6,308: where Stoddard 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− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,638 | Scott Township IN | 1,198 | $67K | 0.0% | 10.9% | <1% | B |
| 1,639 | Sauk Centre Township MN | 1,234 | $99K | 6.3% | 0.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,640 | Stoddard NH | 1,468 | $95K | 4.8% | 3.6% | 4% | B |
| 1,641 | Arcadia WI | 1,719 | $80K | 3.3% | 0.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,642 | Egan LA | 1,015 | $93K | 10.3% | 6.9% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Stoddard, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Work in the towns next to Stoddard
The biggest share goes to Nelson (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stoddard workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoddard | – | B | C− | 34 min | $94,904 |
| Nelson | 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Windsor | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Sullivan | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Antrim | under 3% | B | C+ | 32 min | $86,648 |
| Washington | under 3% | C+ | D | 36 min | $89,453 |
Same-state neighbors only. Nelson, Windsor and Sullivan: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stoddard’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 Stoddard: questions
What is the median household income in Stoddard?
$94,904 (±$10,634) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stoddard?
4.8%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stoddard?
34 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 Stoddard work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keene (28%, 13 mi), Peterborough (4%, 16 mi), Swanzey (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stoddard walkable?
Stoddard is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stoddard 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 Stoddard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stoddard
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.