Work & commute · Glocester

Work & commute in Glocester, RI

Most working residents leave Glocester for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (15%), Smithfield (8%) and Warwick (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

440 of 5,010 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,570 Glocester residents head out of town to work, 440 work right here, and 1,238 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glocester.

4,570live here, work elsewhere

440live and work here

1,238work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glocester goes to work

Providence14.6 mi away

15%770

Glocester (in town)right here

9%440

Smithfield8.1 mi away

8%390

Warwick19.1 mi away

6%323

Cranston13.5 mi away

6%314

Johnston9.8 mi away

5%248

Lincoln12.3 mi away

4%180

Woonsocket12.1 mi away

3%156

Burrillville5.3 mi away

3%153

East Providence18.1 mi away

2%122

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,914

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

How far

How far Glocester commutes

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

30%

53%

14%

30%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glocester is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glocester are

1,678 jobs are based in Glocester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glocester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glocester

1,678 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Glocester residents hold

5,010 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+13%

Jobs based in Glocester, 2013 → 2023: 1,481 → 1,678. 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.