Most of Williams Canyon commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Williams Canyon itself; outside it, Newport Beach draws the most (11%, 15 miles). 4 jobs are based in Williams Canyon, and 44 of its residents work somewhere. At 29 minutes each way, commutes from Williams Canyon run about the California average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Williams Canyon
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 33 people are in Williams Canyon on a workday afternoon, 55% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Williams Canyon’s residents
Where Williams Canyon clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
Goods, not services: 50% of the jobs in Williams Canyon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Williams Canyon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way for Williams Canyon’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Williams Canyon workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Williams Canyon goes to work
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.
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 Williams Canyon: questions
What is the poverty rate in Williams Canyon?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Williams Canyon?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Williams Canyon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newport Beach (11%, 15 mi), Santa Ana (11%, 14 mi), Los Angeles (11%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Williams Canyon 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 Williams Canyon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Williams Canyon
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.