Work & commute · West Greenwich

Work & commute in West Greenwich, RI

Most working residents leave West Greenwich for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (15%), Warwick (11%) and North Kingstown (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

231 of 3,194 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 2,963 West Greenwich residents head out of town to work, 231 work right here, and 2,796 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Greenwich.

2,963live here, work elsewhere

231live and work here

2,796work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Greenwich goes to work

Providence18.3 mi away

15%474

Warwick13.4 mi away

11%351

North Kingstown11.5 mi away

8%263

Cranston13.2 mi away

8%247

West Greenwich (in town)right here

7%231

Coventry4.8 mi away

6%204

South Kingstown16.1 mi away

5%153

East Greenwich8.2 mi away

4%132

West Warwick7.9 mi away

3%96

Johnston15.5 mi away

3%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%960

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

How far

How far West Greenwich commutes

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

28%

60%

28%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Greenwich is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Greenwich are

3,027 jobs are based in West Greenwich. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Greenwich’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Greenwich

3,027 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs West Greenwich residents hold

3,194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+6%

Jobs based in West Greenwich, 2013 → 2023: 2,852 → 3,027. 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.