Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Hope Valley has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 2% work in Hope Valley itself; outside it, Providence draws the most (10%, 26 miles). Hope Valley has 263 jobs; 886 of its residents have a job. A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes, against 26 across Rhode Island and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hope Valley and work: the main findings
Hope Valley’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hope Valley is Providence, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (92) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Hope Valley is a place people come home to
There are 263 jobs based in Hope Valley, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hope Valley has about 1,700 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 886 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Hope Valley’s workers travel
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 Hope Valley: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 869 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 246 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Hope Valley on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where Hope Valley goes to work
Where Hope Valley clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 37% of jobs based in Hope Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hope Valley, 2013 → 2023: 235 → 263. 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 Hope Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Hope Valley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hope Valley workers work from home, vs 13% across Rhode Island. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 936 commuters (the 16% 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.
Hope Valley and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Richmond (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hope Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Valley | – | — | — | 29 min | $101,932 |
| Richmond | 7% | A | C+ | 34 min | $124,653 |
| Wyoming | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wyoming: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hope Valley’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 Hope Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Hope Valley?
$101,932 (±$23,340) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $87,796 across Rhode Island and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hope Valley?
9.2%, against 11.2% across Rhode Island and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hope Valley?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Rhode Island and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hope Valley work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Providence (10%, 26 mi), Warwick (8%, 20 mi), Richmond (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hope Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hope Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hope Valley
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.