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

WoonsocketPawtucketEast ProvidenceProvidenceWarwickCranstonNorth ProvidenceCumberlandJohnstonNorth SmithfieldSmithfieldGlocesterLincolnProvidenceWarwickCranstonLincolnJohnstonWoonsocketEast ProvidencePawtucketCumberlandSmithfield
1
Providence7.8 mi away
18%1,703
2
Smithfield (in town)right here
15%1,442
3
Warwick14.8 mi away
6%599
4
Cranston9.3 mi away
6%557
5
Lincoln4.2 mi away
5%470
6
Johnston5.1 mi away
4%409
7
Woonsocket7.1 mi away
3%293
8
East Providence11.2 mi away
3%267
9
Pawtucket8.2 mi away
3%259
10
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%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.

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