Photo: Mitchazenia · CC BY-SA 4.0Williamsville has lower unemployment (1.4%) than 91% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 12.2 in Buffalo. Jobs and income earn Williamsville A; getting around on foot earns it A. 25% of workers work from home, where New York as a whole has 15%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Williamsville
Commutes from Williamsville are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 138 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Williamsville residents work close to home
79% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Williamsville and Amherst trade workers both ways
Amherst is the top workplace for Williamsville residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Williamsville come from (36% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Williamsville is services
91% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
A lot of Williamsville works from home
25% of Williamsville workers work from home, against 15% across New York. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Williamsville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Williamsville is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #44 of 758 in New York. Unemployment is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (5.9%, U.S. 12.5%). 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, Williamsville could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Time on the road from Williamsville: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Williamsville workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,156 commuters (the 25% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Williamsville
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.
33% of working residents work in Amherst
Where Williamsville clocks in
33% of workers
24% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Williamsville
3,607 jobs are based in Williamsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Williamsville, 2013 → 2023: 4,078 → 3,607. 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.
Williamsville by day and by night
On a workday 2,341 residents head out to work, 118 work right here, and 3,489 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Williamsville on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 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.
Williamsville is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 32.9% across New York.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,885 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 14% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% 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). 5.4% of Williamsville households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Williamsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,612 U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,400, Williamsville comes 256th on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 17 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 254 | Flower Hill NY | 4,860 | $250K | 2.9% | 5.0% | 3% | A |
| 255 | Roseland NJ | 6,417 | $164K | 2.5% | 4.9% | 5% | A |
| 256 | Williamsville NY | 5,478 | $99K | 5.9% | 1.4% | 5% | A |
| 257 | Pelham Manor NY | 5,631 | $250K | 2.5% | 5.2% | 5% | A |
| 258 | Villa Park CA | 5,645 | $202K | 7.8% | 2.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,612 | 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 Williamsville, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Next door is work for 41% of Williamsville
The biggest share goes to Amherst (33%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Williamsville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamsville | – | A | A | 15 min | $98,850 |
| Cheektowaga | 8% | B | A | 20 min | $69,239 |
| Amherst | 33% | A− | A− | 20 min | $93,483 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Williamsville’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 Williamsville: questions
What is the median household income in Williamsville?
$98,850 (±$22,853) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Williamsville?
5.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Williamsville?
15 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Williamsville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amherst (33%, 4 mi), Buffalo (24%, 8 mi), Cheektowaga (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Williamsville walkable?
Williamsville is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Williamsville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 14% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Williamsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Williamsville
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.