Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Windham’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Windham itself; outside it, Salem draws the most (9%, 4 miles). Poverty touches 2.0% of residents (New Hampshire 7.2%). The two grades for Windham are A for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Windham, in a few figures
The four measures behind Windham’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Windham is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #23 of 126 in New Hampshire. Household income holds Windham’s grade up ($189,583, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Windham could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The kinds of work in Windham
4,333 jobs are based in Windham.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windham, 2013 → 2023: 3,063 → 4,333. 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 Windham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Windham: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 6,340 residents head out to work, 686 work right here, and 3,647 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Windham on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where the trip to work from Windham ends
Where Windham clocks in
9% 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.
Time on the road from Windham: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windham workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,804 commuters (the 22% 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 distance from Windham to work
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.
Driving is how Windham gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Windham is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #52 of 126 in New Hampshire. Both inputs place Windham 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 7,436 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). 0.6% of Windham households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Windham’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,220 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000, Windham comes 500th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 198 | Amherst NH | 11,985 | $153K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 276 | Hooksett NH | 15,346 | $118K | 3.3% | 2.5% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 282 | Goffstown NH | 18,607 | $114K | 6.4% | 0.8% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 498 | Cheval FL | 13,969 | $102K | 4.6% | 3.5% | 4% | A |
| 499 | Tyrone Township MI | 12,270 | $100K | 5.9% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| 500 | Windham NH | 16,259 | $190K | 2.0% | 5.5% | 10% | A |
| 501 | Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CA | 19,765 | $125K | 4.8% | 4.9% | 3% | A |
| 502 | Spanish Springs NV | 17,980 | $128K | 2.9% | 2.8% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Windham, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Windham and its neighbors: 13% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Windham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windham | – | A | B− | 31 min | $189,583 |
| Londonderry | 4% | A | C | 29 min | $132,556 |
| Hudson | under 3% | A− | C+ | 31 min | $124,213 |
| Pelham | under 3% | A | C+ | 30 min | $135,956 |
| Salem | 9% | A | B | 29 min | $110,490 |
| Derry | under 3% | A | C | 31 min | $108,944 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Salem. Darker towns draw more of Windham’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 Windham: questions
What is the median household income in Windham?
$189,583 (±$18,761) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windham?
2.0%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windham?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windham work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (9%, 4 mi), Manchester (9%, 14 mi), Nashua (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Windham walkable?
Windham is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Windham without a car?
<1% 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 Windham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Windham
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.