Rhode Island places ranked by commute time

39 places in Rhode Island have a reliable estimate of commute time (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Highest figures: Burrillville (35.2 minutes), Glocester (34.4 minutes), Richmond (34.0 minutes).

Lowest figure: New Shoreham (7.8 minutes).

The figure for Rhode Island as a whole is 25.5 minutes (±0.3).

Figures last updated on .

Figure for Rhode Island as a whole
25.5 minutes (±0.3)
Places ranked
39

Rhode Island places ranked by commute time

Average commute, estimate (90% margin of error), 2020–2024
RankPlaceCountyAverage commute
1BurrillvilleProvidence County35.2 minutes (±2.9)
2GlocesterProvidence County34.4 minutes (±2.5)
3RichmondWashington County34.0 minutes (±3.5)
4Little ComptonNewport County33.7 minutes (±6.5)
5FosterProvidence County33.2 minutes (±2.7)
6ScituateProvidence County30.6 minutes (±4.1)
7BarringtonBristol County29.7 minutes (±2.1)
8WoonsocketProvidence County29.3 minutes (±1.6)
9NarragansettWashington County28.2 minutes (±3.7)
10 (tie)CharlestownWashington County27.8 minutes (±5.1)
10 (tie)TivertonNewport County27.8 minutes (±2.0)
12Central FallsProvidence County27.4 minutes (±2.7)
13 (tie)North ProvidenceProvidence County27.3 minutes (±2.5)
13 (tie)West GreenwichKent County27.3 minutes (±2.8)
15North SmithfieldProvidence County26.4 minutes (±3.0)
16CumberlandProvidence County26.3 minutes (±1.6)
17JamestownNewport County26.2 minutes (±7.2)
18CoventryKent County26.0 minutes (±1.1)
19HopkintonWashington County25.8 minutes (±2.2)
20North KingstownWashington County25.7 minutes (±1.2)
21PawtucketProvidence County25.6 minutes (±1.2)
22WarrenBristol County25.1 minutes (±2.3)
23 (tie)ProvidenceProvidence County25.0 minutes (±0.9)
23 (tie)South KingstownWashington County25.0 minutes (±1.6)
23 (tie)West WarwickKent County25.0 minutes (±1.5)
26 (tie)BristolBristol County24.9 minutes (±2.1)
26 (tie)East GreenwichKent County24.9 minutes (±2.0)
28 (tie)SmithfieldProvidence County24.6 minutes (±1.6)
28 (tie)WarwickKent County24.6 minutes (±0.9)
30 (tie)CranstonProvidence County24.3 minutes (±1.0)
30 (tie)LincolnProvidence County24.3 minutes (±1.5)
32WesterlyWashington County24.2 minutes (±2.0)
33JohnstonProvidence County23.6 minutes (±1.3)
34PortsmouthNewport County23.0 minutes (±1.7)
35East ProvidenceProvidence County22.6 minutes (±1.3)
36ExeterWashington County22.4 minutes (±2.2)
37MiddletownNewport County19.9 minutes (±1.9)
38NewportNewport County18.9 minutes (±1.7)
39New ShorehamWashington County7.8 minutes (±1.8)

Unincorporated communities ranked by commute time

Average commute, estimate (90% margin of error), 2020–2024
RankPlaceCountyAverage commute
1CarolinaWashington County54.5 minutes (±19.4)
2HarrisvilleProvidence County43.9 minutes (±14.8)
3PascoagProvidence County35.4 minutes (±5.4)
4HarmonyProvidence County35.2 minutes (±9.7)
5ChepachetProvidence County33.3 minutes (±5.3)
6BradfordWashington County29.6 minutes (±6.3)
7Hope ValleyWashington County28.6 minutes (±1.6)
8Narragansett PierWashington County26.5 minutes (±6.3)
9Cumberland HillProvidence County26.3 minutes (±4.9)
10Tiverton (community)Newport County26.2 minutes (±2.6)
11Charlestown (community)Washington County25.9 minutes (±5.1)
12AshawayWashington County25.4 minutes (±5.1)
13GreenvilleProvidence County24.4 minutes (±2.8)
14Wakefield-Peace DaleWashington County24.0 minutes (±2.6)
15Valley FallsProvidence County23.3 minutes (±1.9)
16Westerly (community)Washington County22.9 minutes (±2.1)
17Newport EastNewport County20.5 minutes (±2.4)
18KingstonWashington County18.4 minutes (±2.7)
19MelvilleNewport County14.4 minutes (±2.8)

Unincorporated communities inside a town or township are ranked only against each other, because the town’s figures include them.

How this ranking is built

A place is included when its own page for this figure is published as reliable: a coefficient of variation of 30% or less and enough surveyed homes.

39 places qualify; the rest are on their own pages with their margins, but not ranked here.

The ranking orders the estimates alone: where two places’ margins of error overlap, their ranks may not truly differ, and places at the same published figure share a rank.

A median published as a bound (“$3,500 or more”) is placed at the bound; its true place may be higher.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates).

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Rhode Island

Which place in Rhode Island has the highest commute time?

Burrillville has the highest, 35.2 minutes (±2.9) (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Which place in Rhode Island has the lowest commute time?

New Shoreham has the lowest, 7.8 minutes (±1.8).

What is the commute time in Rhode Island?

The figure for Rhode Island as a whole is 25.5 minutes (±0.3).

Sources

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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