Work & commute · Seekonk

Work & commute in Seekonk, MA

Most working residents leave Seekonk for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (12%), Boston (8%) and East Providence (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

680 of 8,297 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,617 Seekonk residents head out of town to work, 680 work right here, and 6,791 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seekonk.

7,617live here, work elsewhere

680live and work here

6,791work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seekonk goes to work

Providence, RI5.3 mi away

12%1,018

Seekonk (in town)right here

8%680

Boston37.5 mi away

8%649

East Providence, RI3.4 mi away

7%564

Pawtucket, RI3.7 mi away

4%342

Attleboro6.5 mi away

4%299

Warwick, RI10.8 mi away

3%285

Fall River14.3 mi away

2%200

Cranston, RI9.9 mi away

2%184

Taunton12.3 mi away

2%153

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%3,923

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Seekonk commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

46%

24%

25%

46%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seekonk is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Seekonk are

7,471 jobs are based in Seekonk. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seekonk’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Seekonk

7,471 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Seekonk residents hold

8,297 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+12%

Jobs based in Seekonk, 2013 → 2023: 6,683 → 7,471. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.