Work & commute · Smithfield

Work & commute in Smithfield, RI

Most working residents leave Smithfield for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (18%), Warwick (6%) and Cranston (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,442 of 9,696 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 8,254 Smithfield residents head out of town to work, 1,442 work right here, and 12,214 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smithfield.

8,254live here, work elsewhere

1,442live and work here

12,214work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smithfield goes to work

Providence7.8 mi away

18%1,703

Smithfield (in town)right here

15%1,442

Warwick14.8 mi away

6%599

Cranston9.3 mi away

6%557

Lincoln4.2 mi away

5%470

Johnston5.1 mi away

4%409

Woonsocket7.1 mi away

3%293

East Providence11.2 mi away

3%267

Pawtucket8.2 mi away

3%259

Cumberland7.2 mi away

3%247

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,450

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

How far

How far Smithfield commutes

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

59%

24%

14%

59%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smithfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Smithfield are

13,656 jobs are based in Smithfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Smithfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Smithfield

13,656 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Smithfield residents hold

9,696 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−2%

Jobs based in Smithfield, 2013 → 2023: 13,881 → 13,656. 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.