Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Quonochontaug has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% work in Quonochontaug itself; outside it, Westerly draws the most (10%, 5 miles). 56 jobs are based in Quonochontaug, and 181 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 45% of workers, 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 works in Quonochontaug, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 179 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Quonochontaug on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 Quonochontaug to work: where people go
Where Quonochontaug clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
What Quonochontaug’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Quonochontaug, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 56. 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 Quonochontaug’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Quonochontaug: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Quonochontaug workers work from home, vs 13% across Rhode Island. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 133 commuters (the 45% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Quonochontaug
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 Quonochontaug: questions
What is the median household income in Quonochontaug?
$86,071 (±$54,055) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $87,796 across Rhode Island and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Quonochontaug?
5.2%, against 11.2% across Rhode Island and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Quonochontaug?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Rhode Island and 26 nationally. 45% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Quonochontaug work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Westerly (10%, 5 mi), North Kingstown (10%, 20 mi), Charlestown (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Quonochontaug without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Quonochontaug, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quonochontaug
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.