Photo: Swampyank · CC BY-SA 3.0Greene has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
30 jobs are based in Greene; 468 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Greene itself; outside it, Coventry draws the most (13%, 3 miles). The average commute takes 32 minutes each way; Rhode Island averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Greene
Greene is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in Greene, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Greene has about 520 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Greene workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Rhode Island. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 468 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Greene
On a workday 465 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Greene on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Greene
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greene workers work from home, vs 13% across Rhode Island. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 338 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where Greene goes to work
Where Greene clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
A place that makes things: 47% of Greene’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greene, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 30. 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 Greene’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Greene
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 Greene: questions
What is the median household income in Greene?
$129,583 (±$42,000) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $87,796 across Rhode Island and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greene?
2.1%, against 11.2% across Rhode Island and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greene?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Rhode Island and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greene work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coventry (13%, 3 mi), Warwick (11%, 16 mi), Providence (11%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Greene without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greene, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greene
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.