Work & commute · Pawtucket

Work & commute in Pawtucket, RI

Most working residents leave Pawtucket for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (19%), Warwick (5%) and East Providence (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

3,951 of 32,947 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28,996 Pawtucket residents head out of town to work, 3,951 work right here, and 15,502 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pawtucket.

28,996live here, work elsewhere

3,951live and work here

15,502work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pawtucket goes to work

Providence4.3 mi away

19%6,112

Pawtucket (in town)right here

12%3,951

Warwick12.1 mi away

5%1,766

East Providence5.2 mi away

5%1,656

Cranston9.3 mi away

4%1,367

Attleboro, MA5.6 mi away

4%1,325

Lincoln4.8 mi away

3%1,133

Boston, MA36.6 mi away

3%1,054

Cumberland6.8 mi away

3%833

Johnston8.2 mi away

2%755

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%12,995

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

How far

How far Pawtucket commutes

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

61%

23%

13%

61%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pawtucket is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pawtucket are

19,453 jobs are based in Pawtucket. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pawtucket’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pawtucket

19,453 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Pawtucket residents hold

32,947 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−12%

Jobs based in Pawtucket, 2013 → 2023: 22,169 → 19,453. 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.