Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · RI · GEOID 44590002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Providence, Rhode Island
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.0 min one way; 14.3% worked from home, 60.5% drove alone, and 9.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.0 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home14.3%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone60.5%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.5%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 city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.8 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 city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 60.5%; 4.1% used public transit and 14.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 89,783 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Providence city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 55th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Providence city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 89,783 workers age 16+, including 76,975 workers with reported travel time and 12,808 home workers.
Population estimate191,767± 114 MOE
Workers age 16+89,783± 2,439 MOE
Workers with travel time76,975± 2,600 MOE
Estimated home workers12,808± 1,141 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 city
No other Rhode Island place in the 100k–500k population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.