Work & commute · Lincoln

Work & commute in Lincoln, RI

Most working residents leave Lincoln for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (18%), Pawtucket (6%) and Warwick (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,349 of 10,723 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 9,374 Lincoln residents head out of town to work, 1,349 work right here, and 13,788 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincoln.

9,374live here, work elsewhere

1,349live and work here

13,788work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lincoln goes to work

Providence6.6 mi away

18%1,974

Lincoln (in town)right here

13%1,349

Pawtucket4.8 mi away

6%614

Warwick14.8 mi away

5%519

Cranston10.2 mi away

5%487

Woonsocket6.5 mi away

4%453

Cumberland3.9 mi away

4%446

Smithfield4.2 mi away

4%411

East Providence9.2 mi away

3%300

Boston, MA36.5 mi away

3%285

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,885

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

How far

How far Lincoln commutes

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

63%

22%

12%

63%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lincoln is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincoln are

15,137 jobs are based in Lincoln. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lincoln’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lincoln

15,137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Lincoln residents hold

10,723 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+28%

Jobs based in Lincoln, 2013 → 2023: 11,835 → 15,137. 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.