Work & commute · Warren

Work & commute in Warren, RI

Most working residents leave Warren for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (14%), Bristol (11%) and Warwick (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

627 of 5,051 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 4,424 Warren residents head out of town to work, 627 work right here, and 2,946 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warren.

4,424live here, work elsewhere

627live and work here

2,946work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warren goes to work

Providence10.6 mi away

14%725

Warren (in town)right here

12%627

Bristol3.2 mi away

11%562

Warwick8.1 mi away

5%276

East Providence7.3 mi away

5%274

Middletown13.9 mi away

4%187

Fall River, MA8.9 mi away

4%180

Cranston11.8 mi away

3%169

Portsmouth7.1 mi away

3%146

Barrington2.9 mi away

3%128

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,777

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

How far

How far Warren commutes

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

55%

35%

55%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warren is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Warren are

3,573 jobs are based in Warren. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Warren’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Warren

3,573 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Warren residents hold

5,051 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+6%

Jobs based in Warren, 2013 → 2023: 3,366 → 3,573. 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.