2025 Compare Cities Commuting:
Providence, RI vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- The average commute for residents of Sarasota is 1.9% shorter than it is for residents of Providence.
- 10.1% more residents of Sarasota work from home compared to residents of Providence.
 Providence, RISarasota, FLUnited States
 Commute Time  Unlock2227
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 Commute Mode
 Providence, RISarasota, FLUnited States
 Auto (alone)64.0%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock9.0%8.6%
 Mass Transit4.4%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock0.6%0.5%
 Walk7.3%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock11.5%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Providence, RISarasota, FLUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.1.7%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock7.5%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.18.6%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock18.0%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.14.3%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock4.1%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.10.1%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock0.9%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.3.7%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock1.8%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.5.5%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock1.6%2.9%
Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 9 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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