Photo: W.marsh · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Williamstown have higher incomes than those in 73% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 7.7% of residents (Kentucky 16.1%). Williamstown grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. About one in seven work in Williamstown itself; outside it, Dry Ridge draws the most (6%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Williamstown, in a few figures
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Williamstown
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Williamstown is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #40 of 142 in Kentucky. Household income holds Williamstown’s grade up ($95,050, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Williamstown could be anywhere from C to A.
How a workday changes Williamstown
On a workday 1,462 residents head out to work, 241 work right here, and 1,583 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Williamstown to work: where people go
Where Williamstown clocks in
6% 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.
Williamstown is a services town
1,824 jobs are based in Williamstown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Williamstown, 2013 → 2023: 1,899 → 1,824. 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 Williamstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Williamstown: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Williamstown workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,666 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 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.
Half of Williamstown commutes less than 26 miles
About 15% 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.
Most trips from Williamstown start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Williamstown is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #130 of 142 in Kentucky. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Kentucky.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,855 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). 2.7% of Williamstown households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Williamstown’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Williamstown is 1,447th of 4,177 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Lakeside Park KY | 2,847 | $129K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 15 | Indian Hills KY | 2,939 | $192K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Buckner KY | 4,119 | $164K | 0.1% | 2.1% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,445 | Noble Township IN | 2,954 | $73K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,446 | Mount Carmel OH | 4,890 | $70K | 13.7% | 1.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,447 | Williamstown KY | 4,030 | $95K | 7.7% | 2.9% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,448 | Welsh LA | 3,286 | $78K | 10.7% | 0.0% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,449 | Lake Park NC | 3,609 | $66K | 8.0% | 3.5% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Williamstown, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
How Williamstown compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Williamstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamstown | – | B+ | C− | 23 min | $95,050 |
| Dry Ridge | 6% | D | A− | 22 min | $55,995 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dry Ridge. Darker towns draw more of Williamstown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Williamstown: questions
What is the median household income in Williamstown?
$95,050 (±$20,282) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Williamstown?
7.7%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Williamstown?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Williamstown work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dry Ridge (6%, 4 mi), Florence (6%, 25 mi), Hebron (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Williamstown walkable?
Williamstown is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Williamstown 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 Williamstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Williamstown
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. 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.