Photo: James H Dunning · CC BY 2.5At 1.5%, unemployment in Williamson is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Williamson itself; outside it, Rochester draws the most (15%, 22 miles). The two grades for Williamson are B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average; New York averages 33, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Williamson stands out on work
Commutes from Williamson are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Williamson makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Williamson are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Williamson residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Williamson
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Williamson is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #206 of 758 in New York. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Williamson could be anywhere from B to A.
Getting to work from Williamson takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Williamson workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,788 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Goods, not services: 44% of the jobs in Williamson
2,159 jobs are based in Williamson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Williamson, 2013 → 2023: 1,679 → 2,159. 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 Williamson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Williamson on a workday
On a workday 2,625 residents head out to work, 480 work right here, and 1,679 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,800 people are in Williamson on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.70 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 towns that employ Williamson’s residents
Where Williamson clocks in
15% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Williamson
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.
Driving is how Williamson gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Williamson is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #550 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,327 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 8.0% of Williamson households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Williamson’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Williamson is 967th of 3,168 U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 965 | Cold Spring KY | 6,640 | $75K | 9.9% | 2.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 966 | Rockford MI | 6,313 | $107K | 5.0% | 6.2% | 9% | B+ |
| 967 | Williamson NY | 6,790 | $91K | 9.0% | 1.5% | 15% | B+ |
| 968 | Oakmont PA | 6,576 | $93K | 5.4% | 5.6% | 9% | B+ |
| 969 | Upper Leacock Township PA | 8,925 | $84K | 6.7% | 3.7% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,168 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Williamson, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
11% of Williamson works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Ontario (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Williamson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson | – | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $90,515 |
| Marion | under 2% | A− | C+ | 25 min | $80,469 |
| Sodus | 4% | C | B | 23 min | $70,478 |
| Ontario | 7% | A− | C | 23 min | $82,608 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Williamson’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 Williamson: questions
What is the median household income in Williamson?
$90,515 (±$13,966) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Williamson?
9.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Williamson?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Williamson work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (15%, 22 mi), Ontario (7%, 6 mi), Webster (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Williamson walkable?
Williamson is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Williamson without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Williamson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Williamson
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.