County profile ยท Rhode Island
Working from home in Providence County, RI
12.3% of workers in Providence County usually work from home, about 39,612 of 323,306 people. That is 0.7 points below the Rhode Island average of 13.0%. It ranks 4 of 5 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Rhode Island remote work page.
Work from home
12.3%
Rank in RI
4 of 5
1 = highest share
Remote workers
39,612
Mean commute
25.9 min
Providence County compared with Rhode Island and the US
| Metric | Providence County | Rhode Island | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 12.3% | 13.0% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 70.7% | 72.4% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 2.3% | 1.7% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 25.9 min | 25.5 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 11.5% | 12.3% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 13.1% | 13.8% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 323,306 | 547,074 | 159,114,094 |
The US column is calculated from the published state counts for the 50 states and DC. Other national metrics are not part of our data files, so we do not show them.
How people commute
Drove alone70.7%
Worked from home12.3%
Public transit2.3%
Counties with a similar rank
- Newport County15.7%
- Bristol County15.6%
- Washington County15.3%
- Kent County11.9%
Largest counties in Rhode Island
- Kent County11.9%
- Washington County15.3%
- Newport County15.7%
- Bristol County15.6%