Work & commute · East Providence

Work & commute in East Providence, RI

Most working residents leave East Providence for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (24%), Warwick (6%) and Cranston (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

3,433 of 21,523 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 18,090 East Providence residents head out of town to work, 3,433 work right here, and 18,246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Providence.

18,090live here, work elsewhere

3,433live and work here

18,246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Providence goes to work

Providence3.4 mi away

24%5,071

East Providence (in town)right here

16%3,433

Warwick7.4 mi away

6%1,306

Cranston6.8 mi away

5%1,110

Pawtucket5.2 mi away

4%928

Johnston8.5 mi away

3%654

Seekonk, MA3.4 mi away

3%553

Lincoln9.2 mi away

2%473

North Kingstown16.5 mi away

2%418

Bristol9.7 mi away

2%401

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%7,176

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

How far

How far East Providence commutes

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

70%

19%

70%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Providence is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in East Providence are

21,679 jobs are based in East Providence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Providence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Providence

21,679 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs East Providence residents hold

21,523 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+11%

Jobs based in East Providence, 2013 → 2023: 19,532 → 21,679. 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.