Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Greenville
Working residents average 24 minutes each way (Rhode Island 26, U.S. 26). Only 7% work in Greenville itself; outside it, Providence draws the most (19%, 8 miles). There are 2,895 jobs in Greenville, against 4,524 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Greenville and work: the main findings
The better-paid jobs are outside Greenville
67% of Greenville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Greenville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Most Greenville residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 2% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
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.
What Greenville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenville, 2013 → 2023: 2,937 → 2,895. 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 Greenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Greenville, by distance
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.
A workday in Greenville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 4,214 residents head out to work, 310 work right here, and 2,585 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,700 people are in Greenville on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Greenville’s residents
Where Greenville clocks in
19% of workers
6% 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 trip to work from Greenville: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenville workers work from home, vs 13% across Rhode Island. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,227 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.
Greenville and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Johnston (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | – | — | — | 24 min | $97,234 |
| Johnston | 4% | B | B+ | 24 min | $91,866 |
| Glocester | under 3% | A | C− | 34 min | $113,508 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greenville’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 Greenville: questions
What is the median household income in Greenville?
$97,234 (±$7,275) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $87,796 across Rhode Island and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenville?
4.8%, against 11.2% across Rhode Island and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenville?
24 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 Greenville work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Providence (19%, 8 mi), Smithfield (16%, 2 mi), Warwick (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Greenville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenville
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.