Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Coventry has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Coventry has 6,958 jobs, against 18,282 working residents. Jobs and income earn Coventry A−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Coventry at work: what stands out
How Coventry earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Coventry is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #18 of 38 in Rhode Island. Household income holds Coventry’s grade up ($102,946, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coventry could be anywhere from B to A.
How a workday changes Coventry
On a workday 16,368 residents head out to work, 1,914 work right here, and 5,044 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Coventry on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Warwick
Where Coventry clocks in
14% of workers
13% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Coventry
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coventry, 2013 → 2023: 6,992 → 6,958. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coventry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, about the RI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coventry workers work from home, vs 13% across Rhode Island. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,549 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Rhode Island: 83% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Coventry
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Coventry, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coventry is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #31 of 38 in Rhode Island. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Rhode Island.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 18,657 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 25% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, <1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Coventry households have no vehicle (Rhode Island 9.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Coventry’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 25,000 to 49,000, Coventry ranks 519th of 1,239 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 99 | Cumberland RI | 37,615 | $118K | 3.9% | 3.0% | 11% | A |
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| 296 | North Kingstown RI | 27,885 | $126K | 6.1% | 3.4% | 19% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 517 | North Royalton OH | 30,936 | $84K | 5.8% | 4.6% | 7% | A− |
| 518 | Washington Township MI | 29,229 | $98K | 8.9% | 4.0% | 7% | A− |
| 519 | Coventry RI | 36,281 | $103K | 7.4% | 4.5% | 10% | A− |
| 520 | Mehlville MO | 29,805 | $67K | 7.8% | 2.6% | 4% | A− |
| 521 | Woodstock IL | 25,740 | $83K | 6.0% | 3.3% | 16% | A− |
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| 677 | West Warwick RI | 31,487 | $78K | 9.6% | 4.2% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,239 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Coventry, the top three, the last and three more from Rhode Island.
13% of Coventry works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Cranston (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coventry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry | – | A− | B− | 26 min | $102,946 |
| West Greenwich | under 3% | A− | C | 27 min | $135,625 |
| West Warwick | 5% | B+ | A− | 25 min | $77,608 |
| Scituate | under 3% | A+ | C− | 31 min | $112,315 |
| Foster | under 3% | A | D | 33 min | $113,646 |
| Cranston | 8% | B | A− | 24 min | $90,206 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coventry’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Coventry: questions
What is the median household income in Coventry?
$102,946 (±$7,851) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $87,796 across Rhode Island and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coventry?
7.4%, against 11.2% across Rhode Island and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coventry?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Rhode Island and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coventry work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warwick (14%, 12 mi), Providence (13%, 15 mi), Cranston (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coventry walkable?
Coventry is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coventry without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. <1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coventry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coventry
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.