Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · RI · GEOID 44229602024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
East Providence, Rhode Island
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.6 min one way; 12.4% worked from home, 73.7% drove alone, and 5.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.6 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home12.4%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone73.7%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 East Providence city'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 +5.6 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 East Providence city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.7%; 1.2% used public transit and 12.4% worked from home.
Each share uses 23,804 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How East Providence city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 31th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind East Providence city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 23,804 workers age 16+, including 20,842 workers with reported travel time and 2,962 home workers.
Population estimate47,281± 54 MOE
Workers age 16+23,804± 1,021 MOE
Workers with travel time20,842± 976 MOE
Estimated home workers2,962± 640 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 East Providence city
These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.