Photo: Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing) · Public domainHousehold incomes in Williamsport are lower than in 65% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Williamsport is better than 21% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (C+). Poverty touches 15.0% of residents, against 12.3% across Indiana. About one in seven work in Williamsport; the top destination outside it is Lafayette (17%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Williamsport apart on work
Williamsport’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Williamsport is Lafayette, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (162) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Williamsport makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Williamsport are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Williamsport residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 954 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Williamsport earns its Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Williamsport’s grade.
Unemployment (1.9%) is left out: Williamsport’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Williamsport could be anywhere from D to C+.
How far Williamsport’s workers travel
About 24% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Williamsport, 38% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
732 jobs are based in Williamsport.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Williamsport, 2014 → 2024: 665 → 732. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Williamsport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Williamsport, and who commutes in
On a workday 828 residents head out to work, 126 work right here, and 606 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Williamsport on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Williamsport goes to work
Where Williamsport clocks in
11% 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.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Williamsport
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Williamsport workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 815 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Most trips from Williamsport start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 918 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.5% of Williamsport households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Williamsport’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Williamsport is 3,733rd of 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,731 | Franklin Township OH | 1,739 | $79K | 16.2% | 5.9% | 1% | C− |
| 3,732 | Stony Prairie OH | 1,701 | $60K | 43.9% | 4.6% | 7% | C− |
| 3,733 | Williamsport IN | 1,954 | $66K | 15.0% | 1.9% | 13% | C− |
| 3,734 | Lawton MI | 1,861 | $53K | 19.3% | 7.9% | 10% | C− |
| 3,735 | Laurens NY | 2,301 | $72K | 10.2% | 9.8% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Williamsport, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Williamsport: questions
What is the median household income in Williamsport?
$65,550 (±$9,324) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Williamsport?
15.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Williamsport?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Williamsport work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (17%, 24 mi), Attica (11%, 2 mi), Indianapolis (6%, 70 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Williamsport walkable?
Williamsport is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Williamsport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Williamsport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Williamsport
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.