Work & commute · Central Falls

Work & commute in Central Falls, RI

Most working residents leave Central Falls for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (14%), Pawtucket (9%) and Warwick (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

535 of 7,484 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,949 Central Falls residents head out of town to work, 535 work right here, and 2,709 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Central Falls.

6,949live here, work elsewhere

535live and work here

2,709work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Central Falls goes to work

Providence4.8 mi away

14%1,019

Pawtucket1.5 mi away

9%687

Central Falls (in town)right here

7%535

Warwick13 mi away

5%353

Lincoln3.4 mi away

4%330

Cumberland5.5 mi away

4%290

Boston, MA36.3 mi away

4%275

Attleboro, MA5.8 mi away

4%270

Cranston9.6 mi away

3%255

East Providence6.4 mi away

3%240

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,230

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

How far

How far Central Falls commutes

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

58%

23%

16%

58%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Central Falls is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Central Falls are

3,244 jobs are based in Central Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Central Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Central Falls

3,244 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Central Falls residents hold

7,484 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+8%

Jobs based in Central Falls, 2013 → 2023: 2,995 → 3,244. 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.