Photo: AlexiusHoratius · CC BY-SA 3.0Tilton has 2.4 jobs for every working resident: 4,156 people commute in to work
Jobs & income C+: better than 45% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #107 of 126 in New Hampshire.
Walkability A−: more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns · #11 of 126 in New Hampshire.
Household incomes here are lower than in 63% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 25 minutes each way (New Hampshire 27, U.S. 26). About one in seven work in Tilton; the top destination outside it is Concord (13%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Tilton, in brief
Tilton is where the jobs are
Tilton has 4,432 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,700 people are in town, 64% more than the 4,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
49% of the jobs in Tilton are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. 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.
What’s behind Tilton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tilton is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #107 of 126 in New Hampshire. Unemployment holds Tilton’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($66,667, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tilton could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Tilton nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 1,545 residents head out to work, 276 work right here, and 4,156 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,700 people are in Tilton on a workday afternoon, 64% more than live here.
2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 4,432 jobs in Tilton are
4,432 jobs are based in Tilton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tilton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tilton, 2013 → 2023: 4,218 → 4,432. 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.
Where Tilton’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Tilton clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Hampshire
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tilton workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,902 commuters (the 8% 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.
Half of Tilton commutes less than 16 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Tilton is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tilton is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns, #11 of 126 in New Hampshire. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across New Hampshire, on an EPA index of 7.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,064 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). 4.2% of Tilton households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Tilton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tilton is 2,311th of 4,023 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Tilton, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 157 | North Hampton NH | 4,526 | $146K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 215 | Greenland NH | 4,143 | $163K | 0.5% | 2.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 273 | Brentwood NH | 4,923 | $166K | 3.3% | 2.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,309 | Winter Beach FL | 4,985 | $92K | 9.0% | 7.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,310 | Devine TX | 4,652 | $38K | 18.6% | 0.0% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,311 | Tilton NH | 4,092 | $67K | 12.5% | 3.5% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,312 | Perry NY | 3,546 | $63K | 9.9% | 2.4% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,313 | Oakwood OH | 3,436 | $68K | 21.0% | 4.8% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
13% of Tilton works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Franklin (6%). Darker towns draw more of Tilton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tilton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilton | – | C+ | A− | 25 min | $66,667 |
| Northfield | 4% | B | D | 26 min | $92,917 |
| Belmont | 3% | B− | B− | 25 min | $69,063 |
| Franklin | 6% | B | C | 32 min | $71,648 |
| Sanbornton | under 2% | B+ | C | 31 min | $113,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Tilton: questions
What is the median household income in Tilton?
$66,667 (±$10,169) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tilton?
12.5%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tilton?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tilton work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Concord (13%, 16 mi), Laconia (9%, 9 mi), Franklin (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tilton walkable?
Tilton is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tilton without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tilton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tilton
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.