Work & commute · North Smithfield

Work & commute in North Smithfield, RI

Most working residents leave North Smithfield for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (13%), Woonsocket (9%) and Smithfield (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

527 of 5,843 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,316 North Smithfield residents head out of town to work, 527 work right here, and 4,122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Smithfield.

5,316live here, work elsewhere

527live and work here

4,122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Smithfield goes to work

Providence12.3 mi away

13%777

North Smithfield (in town)right here

9%527

Woonsocket2.9 mi away

9%513

Smithfield5.2 mi away

6%339

Warwick19.9 mi away

5%269

Lincoln6.4 mi away

4%259

Cranston14.5 mi away

4%253

Pawtucket11.2 mi away

3%171

Johnston10.3 mi away

3%156

Cumberland6.4 mi away

2%146

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%2,433

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

How far

How far North Smithfield commutes

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

40%

46%

12%

40%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Smithfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Smithfield are

4,649 jobs are based in North Smithfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Smithfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Smithfield

4,649 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs North Smithfield residents hold

5,843 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+8%

Jobs based in North Smithfield, 2013 → 2023: 4,298 → 4,649. 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.