Providence

City Commute Profile

Providence, RI

Where Providence’s 77,175 resident workers go each day — 35.7% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Warwick.

Rhode IslandLODES 2023 data
57
Commute Score

57 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Providence at a glance
Employed Residents
77,175
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
7.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
35.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Warwick
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Providence proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Providence commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Providence

77,175 commutes, one dot at a time

Providence

Where 77,175 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Providence, by worker count.

1Providence0.0 mi27,567
2Warwick7.6 mi5,755
3Cranston4.1 mi5,483
4East Providence3.6 mi2,965
5Pawtucket4.3 mi2,779
6Boston38.5 mi2,052
7Attleboro9.5 mi864
8Woonsocket13.0 mi835

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Providence.

1Providence0.0 mi27,567
2Cranston4.1 mi10,045
3Warwick7.6 mi8,083
4Pawtucket4.3 mi6,741
5East Providence3.6 mi5,530
6Woonsocket13.0 mi1,702
7Central Falls4.8 mi1,134
8Attleboro9.5 mi1,114

Top industries

The sectors that employ Providence’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance26.4%
EDEducational Services14.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.2%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services7.2%
PAPublic Administration6.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.0%
RTRetail Trade5.8%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.9%
FIFinance and Insurance3.9%

Providence city profile

Who lives in Providence — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
191,767
Median age
32.8yrs
Median household income
$68,119
Median home value
$362,200
Median gross rent
$1,408/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
34.6%
Poverty rate
20.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Providence

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

2 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Providence

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