Work & commute · Woonsocket

Work & commute in Woonsocket, RI

Most working residents leave Woonsocket for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Providence (9%), Franklin Town (4%) and Cumberland (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

2,699 of 17,708 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 15,009 Woonsocket residents head out of town to work, 2,699 work right here, and 10,093 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woonsocket.

15,009live here, work elsewhere

2,699live and work here

10,093work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woonsocket goes to work

Woonsocket (in town)right here

15%2,699

Providence13 mi away

9%1,530

Franklin Town, MA7.3 mi away

4%698

Cumberland4.7 mi away

4%659

Warwick21 mi away

4%647

Lincoln6.5 mi away

4%646

Cranston16 mi away

3%616

North Smithfield2.9 mi away

3%599

Bellingham, MA5.3 mi away

3%488

Smithfield7.1 mi away

3%471

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%8,655

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

How far

How far Woonsocket commutes

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

42%

14%

42%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woonsocket is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woonsocket are

12,792 jobs are based in Woonsocket. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woonsocket’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woonsocket

12,792 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Woonsocket residents hold

17,708 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+5%

Jobs based in Woonsocket, 2013 → 2023: 12,154 → 12,792. 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.