Work & commute · New Shoreham

Work & commute in New Shoreham, RI

62% of New Shoreham’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Providence (6%), Warwick (2%) and Newport (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62%

260 of 421 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 161 New Shoreham residents head out of town to work, 260 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Shoreham.

161live here, work elsewhere

260live and work here

205work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Shoreham goes to work

New Shoreham (in town)right here

62%260

Providence44.1 mi away

6%25

Warwick36 mi away

2%10

Newport23.7 mi away

2%9

Pawtucket48.1 mi away

2%8

Westerly14.9 mi away

2%8

Boston, MA83.7 mi away

2%7

Cranston40 mi away

1%6

Stonington, CT21.1 mi away

1%4

North Kingstown26.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%80

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

How far

How far New Shoreham commutes

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

62%

21%

13%

62%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Shoreham is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Shoreham are

465 jobs are based in New Shoreham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Shoreham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Shoreham

465 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs New Shoreham residents hold

421 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+20%

Jobs based in New Shoreham, 2013 → 2023: 389 → 465. 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.