Photo: Swampyank at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Foster Center has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Foster Center has 9 jobs; 155 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Foster Center; the top destination outside it is Providence (16%, 16 miles). 7% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Rhode Island as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Foster Center for work, and who comes in
On a workday 155 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Foster Center on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Out of Foster Center to work: where people go
Where Foster Center clocks in
16% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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.
Foster Center works in goods: 56% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Foster Center, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 9. 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 Foster Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 51 minutes to work from Foster Center
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Foster Center workers work from home, vs 13% across Rhode Island. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 138 commuters (the 7% 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.
Foster Center’s commute, mile by mile
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.
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 Foster Center: questions
What is the median household income in Foster Center?
$78,026 (±$36,341) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $87,796 across Rhode Island and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Foster Center?
4.5%, against 11.2% across Rhode Island and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Foster Center?
51 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Rhode Island and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Foster Center work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Providence (16%, 16 mi), Warwick (11%, 17 mi), Foster (5%, 0 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Foster Center without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Foster Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Foster Center
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.