Work & commute · Coventry

Work & commute in Coventry, RI

Most working residents leave Coventry for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Warwick (14%), Providence (13%) and Cranston (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,914 of 18,282 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,368 Coventry residents head out of town to work, 1,914 work right here, and 5,044 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coventry.

16,368live here, work elsewhere

1,914live and work here

5,044work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coventry goes to work

Warwick12.5 mi away

14%2,621

Providence15.2 mi away

13%2,378

Coventry (in town)right here

10%1,914

Cranston10.4 mi away

8%1,429

North Kingstown14.1 mi away

7%1,358

West Warwick7.4 mi away

5%855

East Greenwich9.3 mi away

4%652

Johnston11.6 mi away

3%598

South Kingstown20.7 mi away

3%489

East Providence17.2 mi away

3%465

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%5,523

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

How far

How far Coventry commutes

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

47%

43%

47%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coventry is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coventry are

6,958 jobs are based in Coventry. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coventry’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coventry

6,958 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Coventry residents hold

18,282 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

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Jobs based in Coventry, 2013 → 2023: 6,992 → 6,958. 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.