Work & commute · North Kingstown

Work & commute in North Kingstown, RI

Most working residents leave North Kingstown for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (12%), Warwick (11%) and South Kingstown (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

2,429 of 12,462 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,033 North Kingstown residents head out of town to work, 2,429 work right here, and 18,111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Kingstown.

10,033live here, work elsewhere

2,429live and work here

18,111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Kingstown goes to work

North Kingstown (in town)right here

19%2,429

Providence17.5 mi away

12%1,443

Warwick9.2 mi away

11%1,348

South Kingstown12.2 mi away

6%796

Cranston13.8 mi away

6%776

East Greenwich5.3 mi away

5%579

Middletown9.5 mi away

3%422

Newport8.7 mi away

3%419

East Providence16.5 mi away

2%311

Johnston18 mi away

2%299

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%3,640

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

How far

How far North Kingstown commutes

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

45%

43%

45%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Kingstown is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Kingstown are

20,540 jobs are based in North Kingstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Kingstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Kingstown

20,540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs North Kingstown residents hold

12,462 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+39%

Jobs based in North Kingstown, 2013 → 2023: 14,777 → 20,540. 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.