Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Williamson works elsewhere
Employers in Williamson report 91 jobs; 360 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Williamson; the top destination outside it is Griffin (9%, 7 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 38 minutes, next to 28 for Georgia and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Williamson
Williamson is a place people come home to
There are 91 jobs based in Williamson, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Williamson has about 500 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Williamson workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 360 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Williamson on a workday
On a workday 359 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Williamson on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
About 38 minutes to work from Williamson
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Williamson workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 281 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Commuting out of Williamson: the destinations
Where Williamson clocks in
9% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
33% of the jobs in Williamson make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Williamson, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 91. 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 Williamson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Williamson goes to work
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 Williamson: questions
What is the median household income in Williamson?
$125,556 (±$32,445) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Williamson?
3.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Williamson?
38 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Williamson work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Griffin (9%, 7 mi), Fayetteville (5%, 20 mi), Atlanta (5%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Williamson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Williamson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Williamson
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.