Work & commute · Exeter

Work & commute in Exeter, RI

Most working residents leave Exeter for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are North Kingstown (12%), Warwick (10%) and Providence (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

228 of 2,866 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,638 Exeter residents head out of town to work, 228 work right here, and 1,311 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Exeter.

2,638live here, work elsewhere

228live and work here

1,311work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Exeter goes to work

North Kingstown9.2 mi away

12%339

Warwick14.2 mi away

10%291

Providence20.6 mi away

10%274

South Kingstown11.7 mi away

9%257

Exeter (in town)right here

8%228

Cranston15.7 mi away

5%140

East Greenwich8 mi away

4%121

West Greenwich4.4 mi away

4%106

Coventry9.1 mi away

3%88

Middletown18.3 mi away

3%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%949

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

How far

How far Exeter commutes

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

37%

49%

37%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Exeter is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Exeter are

1,539 jobs are based in Exeter. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Exeter’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Exeter

1,539 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Exeter residents hold

2,866 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+10%

Jobs based in Exeter, 2013 → 2023: 1,402 → 1,539. 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.