Work & commute · Cumberland

Work & commute in Cumberland, RI

Most working residents leave Cumberland for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (15%), Lincoln (6%) and Woonsocket (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,891 of 17,044 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,153 Cumberland residents head out of town to work, 1,891 work right here, and 8,166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cumberland.

15,153live here, work elsewhere

1,891live and work here

8,166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cumberland goes to work

Providence10 mi away

15%2,534

Cumberland (in town)right here

11%1,891

Lincoln3.9 mi away

6%1,017

Woonsocket4.7 mi away

5%882

Warwick18.3 mi away

5%787

Pawtucket6.8 mi away

5%774

Smithfield7.2 mi away

4%649

Cranston14.1 mi away

4%604

East Providence12 mi away

3%512

Attleboro, MA6.9 mi away

3%503

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%6,891

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

How far

How far Cumberland commutes

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

56%

30%

12%

56%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cumberland is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cumberland are

10,057 jobs are based in Cumberland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cumberland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cumberland

10,057 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Cumberland residents hold

17,044 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+9%

Jobs based in Cumberland, 2013 → 2023: 9,197 → 10,057. 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.