Work & commute · Richmond

Work & commute in Richmond, RI

Most working residents leave Richmond for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are South Kingstown (11%), Providence (9%) and North Kingstown (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

367 of 3,966 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 3,599 Richmond residents head out of town to work, 367 work right here, and 1,869 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richmond.

3,599live here, work elsewhere

367live and work here

1,869work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richmond goes to work

South Kingstown8.6 mi away

11%429

Richmond (in town)right here

9%367

Providence26.1 mi away

9%366

North Kingstown12.5 mi away

8%328

Warwick19.3 mi away

8%310

Westerly13.7 mi away

5%204

Cranston21.3 mi away

5%196

Groton, CT21.3 mi away

3%124

Narragansett11.6 mi away

3%102

East Greenwich13.1 mi away

2%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,447

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

How far

How far Richmond commutes

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

26%

51%

16%

26%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richmond is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Richmond are

2,236 jobs are based in Richmond. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Richmond

2,236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Richmond residents hold

3,966 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+9%

Jobs based in Richmond, 2013 → 2023: 2,057 → 2,236. 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.