Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · RI · GEOID 440072024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Providence County, Rhode Island
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.9 min one way; 12.3% worked from home, 70.7% drove alone, and 8.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.9 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home12.3%±0.5 pp MOE
Drove alone70.7%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.6%among commuters
U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.
01 / THE SHIFT
What changed in Providence County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Providence County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.7%; 2.3% used public transit and 12.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 323,306 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Providence County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 41th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Providence County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 323,306 workers age 16+, including 283,694 workers with reported travel time and 39,612 home workers.
Population estimate664,854± — MOE
Workers age 16+323,306± 3,529 MOE
Workers with travel time283,694± 3,733 MOE
Estimated home workers39,612± 1,815 MOE
Why the ± matters
ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.
05 / SAME STATE
All Rhode Island reports →Comparable Rhode Island commute records for Providence County
No other Rhode Island county in the 500k+ population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.