Work & commute · Middletown

Work & commute in Middletown, RI

About one in 4 of Middletown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Newport (20%), Portsmouth (6%) and Providence (6%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

1,745 of 6,796 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,051 Middletown residents head out of town to work, 1,745 work right here, and 9,630 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middletown.

5,051live here, work elsewhere

1,745live and work here

9,630work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middletown goes to work

Middletown (in town)right here

26%1,745

Newport3.5 mi away

20%1,381

Portsmouth8.2 mi away

6%412

Providence22.1 mi away

6%385

Warwick14.6 mi away

4%241

North Kingstown9.5 mi away

2%165

Boston, MA57.8 mi away

2%153

Cranston20.2 mi away

2%137

Fall River, MA16.8 mi away

2%123

Bristol10.8 mi away

2%114

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,940

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

How far

How far Middletown commutes

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

55%

27%

10%

55%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middletown is a job hub

1.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Middletown are

11,375 jobs are based in Middletown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middletown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middletown

11,375 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Middletown residents hold

6,796 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+19%

Jobs based in Middletown, 2013 → 2023: 9,589 → 11,375. 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.