Cranston

City Commute Profile

Cranston, RI

Where Cranston’s 43,252 resident workers go each day — 16.7% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Providence.

Rhode IslandLODES 2023 data
59
Commute Score

59 / 100

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

Cranston at a glance
Employed Residents
43,252
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
4.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
16.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Providence
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Cranston 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 Cranston 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.

Cranston

43,252 commutes, one dot at a time

Cranston

Where 43,252 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Providence4.1 mi10,045
2Cranston0.0 mi7,208
3Warwick4.4 mi5,060
4East Providence5.6 mi1,383
5Pawtucket8.3 mi1,184
6Boston42.5 mi768
7Woonsocket16.0 mi595
8Fall River16.9 mi364

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Cranston.

1Cranston0.0 mi7,208
2Providence4.1 mi5,483
3Warwick4.4 mi3,992
4Pawtucket8.3 mi1,506
5East Providence5.6 mi1,172
6Woonsocket16.0 mi672
7Central Falls8.8 mi288
8Greenville8.7 mi275

Top industries

The sectors that employ Cranston’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%)
RTRetail Trade13.7%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.6%
PAPublic Administration11.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.7%
MFManufacturing8.7%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services8.2%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.0%
EDEducational Services5.0%
COConstruction4.7%

Cranston city profile

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

Population
83,250
Median age
39.6yrs
Median household income
$90,206
Median home value
$378,300
Median gross rent
$1,375/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
36.4%
Poverty rate
10.2%

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 Cranston

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 Cranston

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