Work & commute · Burrillville

Work & commute in Burrillville, RI

Most working residents leave Burrillville for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (11%), Woonsocket (6%) and Smithfield (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,121 of 7,855 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,734 Burrillville residents head out of town to work, 1,121 work right here, and 2,168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burrillville.

6,734live here, work elsewhere

1,121live and work here

2,168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burrillville goes to work

Burrillville (in town)right here

14%1,121

Providence17.6 mi away

11%836

Woonsocket10.4 mi away

6%458

Smithfield10 mi away

5%409

Warwick23.4 mi away

4%347

Lincoln13.3 mi away

4%337

Cranston17.7 mi away

4%327

North Smithfield7.9 mi away

4%305

Cumberland14.3 mi away

3%210

Johnston13.5 mi away

3%206

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%3,299

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

How far

How far Burrillville commutes

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

31%

53%

14%

31%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burrillville is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burrillville are

3,289 jobs are based in Burrillville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burrillville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burrillville

3,289 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Burrillville residents hold

7,855 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+15%

Jobs based in Burrillville, 2013 → 2023: 2,858 → 3,289. 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.