Work & commute · Warwick

Work & commute in Warwick, RI

About one in 4 of Warwick’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Providence (18%), Cranston (9%) and North Kingstown (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

9,847 of 42,389 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 32,542 Warwick residents head out of town to work, 9,847 work right here, and 36,313 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warwick.

32,542live here, work elsewhere

9,847live and work here

36,313work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warwick goes to work

Warwick (in town)right here

23%9,847

Providence8.3 mi away

18%7,559

Cranston5.7 mi away

9%3,683

North Kingstown9.2 mi away

6%2,450

East Providence7.4 mi away

3%1,451

Johnston10 mi away

3%1,377

East Greenwich6.2 mi away

3%1,290

Pawtucket12.1 mi away

2%1,038

West Warwick5.5 mi away

2%960

South Kingstown21.2 mi away

2%833

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%11,901

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

How far

How far Warwick commutes

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

65%

25%

65%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warwick is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Warwick are

46,160 jobs are based in Warwick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Warwick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Warwick

46,160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Warwick residents hold

42,389 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

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Jobs based in Warwick, 2013 → 2023: 46,255 → 46,160. 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.