Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Stratham are higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
2.4% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 7.2% for New Hampshire as a whole. For jobs and income Stratham is better than 94% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (B). Working from home is the commute for 25% of workers; New Hampshire has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Stratham stands out on work
Stratham trades workers with the towns around it
Stratham has about as many jobs (4,092) as working residents (3,639), but they are mostly different people: 3,370 residents leave for work each day while 3,823 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Stratham are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Stratham works from home
25% of Stratham workers work from home, against 17% across New Hampshire. Time on the road ↓
Stratham has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Stratham went from 3,011 in 2013 to 4,092 in 2023, +36%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Stratham’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income is its strongest input ($151,998, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stratham could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 3,370 residents head out to work, 269 work right here, and 3,823 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 (1.12 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.
Commuting from Stratham: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stratham workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,073 commuters (the 25% 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 the 4,092 jobs in Stratham are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stratham, 2013 → 2023: 3,011 → 4,092. 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 Stratham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
19% of working residents work in Portsmouth
Where Stratham clocks in
19% of workers
10% of workers
3% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Stratham
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 Stratham, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,116 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). 0.0% of Stratham households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Stratham’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Stratham is 275th of 3,051 U.S. towns of 5,400 to 10,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Auburn NH | 6,336 | $153K | 2.5% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Hollis NH | 8,819 | $169K | 1.9% | 2.0% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Brookline NH | 5,858 | $171K | 0.6% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 273 | Sutton MA | 9,662 | $147K | 5.8% | 2.5% | 9% | A |
| 274 | Richland Township MI | 9,116 | $106K | 2.6% | 1.5% | 7% | A |
| 275 | Stratham NH | 7,735 | $152K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 7% | A |
| 276 | Hobart WA | 6,552 | $161K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 1% | A |
| 277 | Bee Cave TX | 8,464 | $111K | 2.2% | 3.1% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,051 | 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 Stratham, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
The towns next door employ 10% of Stratham
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stratham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratham | – | A | B | 27 min | $151,998 |
| Exeter | 10% | A− | B+ | 25 min | $110,346 |
| Newfields | under 2% | A+ | C | 26 min | $197,885 |
| Greenland | under 2% | A | B+ | 21 min | $162,837 |
| Newmarket | under 2% | A | B− | 28 min | $100,845 |
| North Hampton | under 2% | A+ | B− | 25 min | $146,458 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Exeter. Darker towns draw more of Stratham’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 Stratham: questions
What is the median household income in Stratham?
$151,998 (±$20,080) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stratham?
2.4%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stratham?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stratham work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (19%, 7 mi), Exeter (10%, 4 mi), Boston (3%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stratham walkable?
Stratham is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stratham without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stratham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stratham
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.