Work & commute · Barrington

Work & commute in Barrington, RI

Most working residents leave Barrington for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (27%), East Providence (8%) and Warwick (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

739 of 6,877 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,138 Barrington residents head out of town to work, 739 work right here, and 2,305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barrington.

6,138live here, work elsewhere

739live and work here

2,305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barrington goes to work

Providence8 mi away

27%1,847

Barrington (in town)right here

11%739

East Providence5.1 mi away

8%571

Warwick5.6 mi away

6%380

Cranston8.9 mi away

4%256

Bristol4.6 mi away

4%256

Fall River, MA11.7 mi away

3%212

Warren2.9 mi away

3%185

Boston, MA44.3 mi away

2%161

Johnston12.2 mi away

2%144

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,126

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

How far

How far Barrington commutes

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

66%

22%

66%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barrington is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.44 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Barrington are

3,044 jobs are based in Barrington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barrington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barrington

3,044 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Barrington residents hold

6,877 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+4%

Jobs based in Barrington, 2013 → 2023: 2,935 → 3,044. 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.