Work & commute · South Kingstown

Work & commute in South Kingstown, RI

About one in 4 of South Kingstown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Providence (10%), Narragansett (7%) and Warwick (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

3,122 of 11,614 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,492 South Kingstown residents head out of town to work, 3,122 work right here, and 9,220 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Kingstown.

8,492live here, work elsewhere

3,122live and work here

9,220work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Kingstown goes to work

South Kingstown (in town)right here

27%3,122

Providence29.2 mi away

10%1,152

Narragansett3.3 mi away

7%768

Warwick21.2 mi away

6%741

North Kingstown12.2 mi away

6%698

Cranston25 mi away

5%588

Middletown15.8 mi away

3%298

Newport12.5 mi away

2%251

Westerly14.5 mi away

2%245

East Greenwich15.8 mi away

1%165

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%3,586

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

How far

How far South Kingstown commutes

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

40%

31%

20%

40%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Kingstown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Kingstown are

12,342 jobs are based in South Kingstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Kingstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Kingstown

12,342 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs South Kingstown residents hold

11,614 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+2%

Jobs based in South Kingstown, 2013 → 2023: 12,089 → 12,342. 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.