Photo: Bill Marrs · CC BY-SA 3.0Unity has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
298 jobs are based in Unity; 650 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Unity are B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 2% work in Unity itself; outside it, Claremont draws the most (12%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Unity and work: the main findings
A lot of Unity works one town over
27% of working residents work in a town that borders Unity: Claremont (12%), Newport (10%) and Charlestown (5%). Next door ↓
Unity workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 61 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 650 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Unity earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Unity is better than 49% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Unity’s grade up (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.0%) is left out: Unity’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, Unity could be anywhere from C to B.
A commute of about 35 minutes in Unity
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Unity workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 512 commuters (the 10% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Unity
On a workday 636 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 284 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Unity on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 the trip to work from Unity ends
Where Unity clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Unity
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Unity, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 298. 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 Unity’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Unity
About 16% 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 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 Unity is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Unity is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.6% across New Hampshire, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 566 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). 4.3% of Unity households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Unity’s commuters take a bus or train.
Unity places 2,167th of 5,794 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 165 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 265 | Kensington NH | 2,092 | $165K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 411 | Madbury NH | 1,927 | $148K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,165 | Richfield WI | 1,652 | $82K | 8.6% | 3.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,166 | Silver Grove KY | 1,333 | $47K | 7.5% | 8.0% | 1% | B− |
| 2,167 | Unity NH | 1,528 | $88K | 6.3% | 1.0% | 2% | B− |
| 2,168 | Canadice NY | 1,619 | $68K | 4.0% | 11.8% | 4% | B− |
| 2,169 | North Union Township PA | 1,412 | $71K | 6.4% | 3.4% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Unity, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
27% of Unity works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Unity workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity | – | B− | B− | 35 min | $87,500 |
| Charlestown | 5% | C− | C+ | 24 min | $47,338 |
| Claremont | 12% | C | B | 24 min | $59,096 |
| Acworth | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Newport | 10% | B− | B+ | 24 min | $80,341 |
| Lempster | under 3% | C+ | D | 37 min | $86,607 |
| Goshen | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Acworth: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Goshen: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Claremont. Darker towns draw more of Unity’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 Unity: questions
What is the median household income in Unity?
$87,500 (±$15,624) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Unity?
6.3%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Unity?
35 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 Unity work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Claremont (12%, 7 mi), Newport (10%, 6 mi), Lebanon (8%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Unity walkable?
Unity is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Unity without a car?
0% 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 Unity, from the people who make the trip.
More of Unity
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.