St. Katherine's Chapel · Photo: Allen Stross · Public domainWilliamstown Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Williamstown Township has 548 jobs, against 2,310 working residents. The two grades for Williamstown Township are A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Williamstown Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Williamstown Township and work: the main findings
Williamstown Township and Lansing trade workers both ways
Lansing is the top workplace for Williamstown Township residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Williamstown Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Williamstown Township is a place people come home to
There are 548 jobs based in Williamstown Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Williamstown Township has about 3,600 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Williamstown Township
64% of Williamstown Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Williamstown Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published.
Inside Williamstown Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Williamstown Township is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #84 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Williamstown Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
21% of working residents work in Lansing
Where Williamstown Township clocks in
21% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Williamstown Township
On a workday 2,269 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 507 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Williamstown Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2021, primary jobs.
What Williamstown Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Williamstown Township, 2011 → 2021: 277 → 548. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Williamstown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Williamstown Township, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Williamstown Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,830 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
How far it is to work from Williamstown Township
About 18% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Williamstown Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Williamstown Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #297 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,263 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 1.7% of Williamstown Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Williamstown Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Williamstown Township is 514th of 3,651 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 132 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 512 | Larkin Township MI | 5,390 | $143K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A |
| 513 | Clay Township IN | 4,032 | $104K | 2.8% | 2.2% | 3% | A |
| 514 | Williamstown Township MI | 5,338 | $115K | 1.5% | 3.9% | 2% | A |
| 515 | German Township OH | 3,730 | $91K | 4.1% | 0.0% | 26% | A |
| 516 | Londonderry Township PA | 4,925 | $92K | 8.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,651 | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
16% of Williamstown Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Meridian Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Williamstown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamstown Township | – | A | C+ | 23 min | $114,792 |
| Williamston | 6% | B | B+ | 26 min | $71,379 |
| Wheatfield Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 22 min | $116,500 |
| Woodhull Township | under 2% | A | D | 28 min | $94,301 |
| Locke Township | under 2% | A− | D | 32 min | $106,000 |
| Meridian Township | 7% | A | A | 21 min | $86,909 |
| Haslett | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Leroy Township | 3% | C+ | C+ | 32 min | $84,704 |
Same-state neighbors only. Haslett: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Williamstown Township’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 2021, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Williamstown Township?
$114,792 (±$25,067) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Williamstown Township?
1.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Williamstown Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Williamstown Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (21%, 13 mi), East Lansing (11%, 9 mi), Meridian Township (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Williamstown Township walkable?
Williamstown Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Williamstown Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Williamstown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Williamstown Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.