Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Williamsburg works elsewhere
There are 473 jobs in Williamsburg, against 1,122 working residents. Williamsburg grades A− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Williamsburg, in a few figures
The better-paid jobs are outside Williamsburg
67% of Williamsburg residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Williamsburg pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Williamsburg
27% of Williamsburg workers work from home, against 19% across Massachusetts. 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.
Inside Williamsburg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Williamsburg is better than 81% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Williamsburg’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Williamsburg could be anywhere from B to A.
Williamsburg makes things: 32% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Williamsburg, 2013 → 2023: 439 → 473. 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 Williamsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of Massachusetts
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Williamsburg workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,181 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Williamsburg, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,054 residents head out to work, 68 work right here, and 405 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Williamsburg on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
18% of working residents work in Northampton
Where Williamsburg clocks in
18% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
How many miles Williamsburg commutes
About 21% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Williamsburg
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,607 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 61% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.9% of Williamsburg households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Williamsburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Williamsburg is 727th among 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 231 | Millville MA | 3,186 | $127K | 4.6% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
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| 725 | Frisco CO | 2,792 | $114K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 14% | A− |
| 726 | Wauponsee Township IL | 2,353 | $118K | 2.8% | 4.7% | 3% | A− |
| 727 | Williamsburg MA | 2,445 | $105K | 2.3% | 3.7% | 6% | A− |
| 728 | East Kingston NH | 2,434 | $138K | 14.3% | 1.1% | 4% | A− |
| 729 | Pine Ridge SC | 2,346 | $95K | 7.3% | 3.2% | 1% | A− |
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| 790 | Wales MA | 1,833 | $89K | 5.1% | 5.5% | 3% | A− |
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| 920 | Hatfield MA | 3,286 | $89K | 8.9% | 1.6% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Williamsburg, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Williamsburg and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Chesterfield (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Williamsburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamsburg | – | A− | A− | 25 min | $104,792 |
| Whately | under 3% | A− | D | 23 min | $116,563 |
| Goshen | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Hatfield | under 3% | A− | B | 20 min | $89,005 |
| Chesterfield | 3% | B+ | C− | 31 min | $103,967 |
Same-state neighbors only. Goshen: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Williamsburg’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 Williamsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Williamsburg?
$104,792 (±$20,569) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Williamsburg?
2.3%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Williamsburg?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Williamsburg work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Northampton (18%, 7 mi), Springfield (5%, 23 mi), Amherst Town (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Williamsburg walkable?
Williamsburg is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Williamsburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Williamsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Williamsburg
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.