Photo: Mark12211 · Public domainWeekapaug has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 60 jobs in Weekapaug for 162 working residents. Hardly any work in Weekapaug itself; outside it, Westerly draws the most (26%, 2 miles). Home is the office for 21% of workers (Rhode Island 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Weekapaug, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 161 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Weekapaug on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 Weekapaug goes to work
Where Weekapaug clocks in
26% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Weekapaug
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weekapaug, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 60. 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 Weekapaug’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 35 minutes in Weekapaug
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weekapaug workers work from home, vs 13% across Rhode Island. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 224 commuters (the 21% 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.
Miles to work from Weekapaug
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 Weekapaug: questions
What is the median household income in Weekapaug?
$137,917 (±$51,938) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $87,796 across Rhode Island and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weekapaug?
5.7%, against 11.2% across Rhode Island and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weekapaug?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Rhode Island and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weekapaug work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Westerly (26%, 2 mi), Providence (7%, 38 mi), North Kingstown (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Weekapaug without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weekapaug, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weekapaug
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.