Work & commute · Little Compton

Work & commute in Little Compton, RI

Most working residents leave Little Compton for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (8%), Tiverton (7%) and Fall River (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

249 of 1,316 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

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,067 Little Compton residents head out of town to work, 249 work right here, and 375 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Little Compton.

1,067live here, work elsewhere

249live and work here

375work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Little Compton goes to work

Little Compton (in town)right here

19%249

Providence25.7 mi away

8%111

Tiverton7.3 mi away

7%90

Fall River, MA15.4 mi away

6%85

Newport8.5 mi away

6%73

Middletown6 mi away

5%72

Portsmouth12.4 mi away

4%57

Boston, MA57.9 mi away

3%37

East Providence22.9 mi away

3%37

Westport, MA6.9 mi away

3%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%469

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

How far

How far Little Compton commutes

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

42%

34%

14%

10%

42%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Little Compton is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Little Compton are

624 jobs are based in Little Compton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Little Compton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Little Compton

624 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Little Compton residents hold

1,316 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+22%

Jobs based in Little Compton, 2013 → 2023: 513 → 624. 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.