Work & commute · West Warwick

Work & commute in West Warwick, RI

Most working residents leave West Warwick for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Warwick (17%), Providence (15%) and North Kingstown (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,154 of 14,932 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,778 West Warwick residents head out of town to work, 1,154 work right here, and 6,429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Warwick.

13,778live here, work elsewhere

1,154live and work here

6,429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Warwick goes to work

Warwick5.5 mi away

17%2,590

Providence11.2 mi away

15%2,213

North Kingstown8.3 mi away

8%1,169

West Warwick (in town)right here

8%1,154

Cranston6.5 mi away

7%1,082

Coventry7.4 mi away

4%541

East Greenwich3.1 mi away

3%522

Johnston10.2 mi away

3%472

East Providence11.8 mi away

3%431

Pawtucket15.5 mi away

2%337

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%4,421

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

How far

How far West Warwick commutes

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

58%

31%

58%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Warwick is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Warwick are

7,583 jobs are based in West Warwick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Warwick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Warwick

7,583 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs West Warwick residents hold

14,932 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+20%

Jobs based in West Warwick, 2013 → 2023: 6,336 → 7,583. 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.