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Jobs & commute in Williamsville

Most of Williamsville commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

Employers in Williamsville report 14 jobs, and 108 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Williamsville; the top destination outside it is Poplar Bluff (24%, 16 miles). Home is the office for 20% of workers (Missouri 13%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Williamsville

On a workday 108 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.

108live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
14work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night270
Workday180
270live here− 110head out to work+ 14come in to work= 180on a workday

About 180 people are in Williamsville on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.13jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Williamsville’s residents

Paducah: 1 residents work here (1%)WilliamsvilleDudley: 3 residents work here (3%)Mill SpringGreenville: 7 residents work here (6%)Campbell: 2 residents work here (2%)Piedmont: 14 residents work here (13%)New MadridDexter: 2 residents work here (2%)Farmington: 2 residents work here (2%)Poplar Bluff: 26 residents work here (24%)Sikeston: 3 residents work here (3%)Cape Girardeau: 5 residents work here (5%)Poplar BluffPiedmontGreenvilleCape GirardeauDudleySikestonWilliamsville
1
Poplar Bluff16.3 mi away
24%26
2
Piedmont14.7 mi away
13%14
3
Greenville12 mi away
6%7
4
Cape Girardeau59.2 mi away
5%5
5
Dudley28.2 mi away
3%3
6
Sikeston53.4 mi away
3%3
7
Campbell42.3 mi away
2%2
8
Dexter34.7 mi away
2%2
9
Farmington56.3 mi away
2%2
10
Paducah, KY105.2 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%43
The top trips

Where Williamsville clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

The kinds of work in Williamsville

Jobs based in WilliamsvilleJobs Williamsville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms7%25%
Trade, transport & utilities86%14%
Services: health, schools, offices7%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less36%23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month64%31%
Over $3,333 a month0%46%

Who does it

29 or younger21%23%
30 to 5421%54%
55 and older57%23%
−52%

Jobs based in Williamsville, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 14. 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 Williamsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 39 minutes each way, longer than most of Missouri

A year of commuting
299 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Williamsville39 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
20%

of Williamsville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Williamsville gets to work
65%Drive alone
13%Carpool
11%Transit
7%Walk
4%Other

Share of the 71 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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

The distance from Williamsville to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPoplar Bluff: 24% · 16.3 miPiedmont: 13% · 14.7 miGreenville: 6% · 12 miCape Girardeau: 5% · 59.2 miDudley: 3% · 28.2 miSikeston: 3% · 53.4 miCampbell: 2% · 42.3 miDexter: 2% · 34.7 miFarmington: 2% · 56.3 miPaducah: 1% · 105.2 miPoplar Bluff 24%Piedmont 13%Greenville 6%Dudley 3%Williamsville
WilliamsvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
5%Under 10 mi5 residents
58%10–24 mi62 residents
12%25–50 mi13 residents
25%Over 50 mi27 residents

About 25% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Williamsville: questions

What is the median household income in Williamsville?

$30,625 (±$17,063) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Williamsville?

38.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Williamsville?

39 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Williamsville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Poplar Bluff (24%, 16 mi), Piedmont (13%, 15 mi), Greenville (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Williamsville without a car?

11% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Williamsville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Williamsville

Williamsville home →

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.