Photo: Timothy J. Quill · CC BY-SA 4.0New Shoreham has higher household incomes than 60% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income New Shoreham is better than 32% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (A). 9.4% of residents are in poverty, next to 11.2% for Rhode Island as a whole. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 19.2 in Providence.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: New Shoreham in brief
Most jobs in New Shoreham go to people who live here
Of the 512 jobs based in New Shoreham, 53% are held by New Shoreham residents. In most towns, people from elsewhere hold most of the local jobs. Day and night ↓
Commutes from New Shoreham are quick
The average trip to work takes 8 minutes, against 26 across Rhode Island. That’s about 138 hours a year less on the road than the typical Rhode Island worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 455 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why New Shoreham gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds New Shoreham’s grade up ($83,190, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (9.9%) is left out: New Shoreham’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, New Shoreham could be anywhere from D− to B+.
In and out of New Shoreham on a workday
On a workday 186 residents head out to work, 269 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 8 minutes in New Shoreham
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Shoreham workers work from home, vs 13% across Rhode Island. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 333 commuters (the 12% 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.
7% of working residents work in Providence
Where New Shoreham clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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 New Shoreham
512 jobs are based in New Shoreham.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Shoreham, 2014 → 2024: 404 → 512. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Shoreham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from New Shoreham
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In New Shoreham, walking beats the bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 51.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Rhode Island, on an EPA index of 8.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 380 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 6.3% of New Shoreham households have no vehicle (Rhode Island 9.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Shoreham’s commuters take a bus or train.
How New Shoreham ranks: 3,170th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,168 | Greenwood Township MN | 1,030 | $89K | 11.6% | 3.6% | 18% | C |
| 3,169 | Perry Township PA | 1,297 | $60K | 7.2% | 3.4% | 6% | C |
| 3,170 | New Shoreham RI | 1,408 | $83K | 9.4% | 9.9% | 59% | C |
| 3,171 | Chapman KS | 1,380 | $72K | 11.2% | 4.2% | 6% | C |
| 3,172 | West Unity OH | 1,735 | $67K | 12.6% | 8.2% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 New Shoreham, the top three, the last and three more from Rhode Island.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 New Shoreham: questions
What is the median household income in New Shoreham?
$83,190 (±$29,822) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $87,796 across Rhode Island and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Shoreham?
9.4%, against 11.2% across Rhode Island and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Shoreham?
8 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Rhode Island and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Shoreham work?
59% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Providence (7%, 44 mi), Narragansett (4%, 15 mi), Pawtucket (3%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is New Shoreham walkable?
New Shoreham is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 52% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Shoreham without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Shoreham, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Shoreham
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.