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Jobs & commute in Williamsburg Township

Household incomes in Williamsburg Township are lower than in 65% of U.S. towns

Only 6% stay in Williamsburg Township for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (14%, 25 miles). 9.6% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. For jobs and income Williamsburg Township is better than 51% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (C−).

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

What stands out · In brief

What sets Williamsburg Township apart on work

Williamsburg Township makes and builds things

56% of the jobs based in Williamsburg Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Williamsburg Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓

Williamsburg Township’s biggest commute is a long one

The top workplace outside Williamsburg Township is Cincinnati, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (321) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓

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.

Jobs & income grade

How Williamsburg Township earns its Jobs & income grade

Unemployment holds Williamsburg Township’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($65,705, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.

Household income $65,705 (±$12,634) · OH $71,389 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 35% of U.S. towns
Poverty 9.6% · OH 13.3% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 51% of U.S. towns
Unemployment 3.3% (±1.8) · OH 4.8% · U.S. 5.2%Lower than 65% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 52% of U.S. towns
Ohio towns we grade 992 towns#602 of 992
CA−

A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Williamsburg Township could be anywhere from C to A−.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · The jobs

56% of the jobs in Williamsburg Township make or build things

1,629 jobs are based in Williamsburg Township.

Jobs based in Williamsburg TownshipJobs Williamsburg Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms56%23%
Trade, transport & utilities19%19%
Services: health, schools, offices25%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less9%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%27%
Over $3,333 a month68%60%

Who does it

29 or younger20%23%
30 to 5448%51%
55 and older32%25%
−14%

Jobs based in Williamsburg Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,899 → 1,629. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Williamsburg Township’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi35 miCincinnati: 14% · 25 miBatavia Township: 6% · 6.1 miBlue Ash: 5% · 22.7 miUnion Township: 5% · 12.1 miWilliamsburg: 3% · 1.4 miBatavia: 3% · 6.7 miWest Chester Township: 3% · 28.2 miMiami Township: 3% · 14.9 miSharonville: 3% · 25.1 miCincinnati 14%Batavia Township 6%Blue Ash 5%Williamsburg 3%Williamsburg Township
Williamsburg TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
22%Under 10 mi505 residents
43%10–24 mi996 residents
24%25–50 mi552 residents
12%Over 50 mi283 residents

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.

Day and night

Who commutes out of Williamsburg Township, and who commutes in

On a workday 2,219 residents head out to work, 154 work right here, and 1,475 people come in from elsewhere.

2,219live here, work elsewhere
154live and work here
1,475work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night5,900
Workday5,200
5,900live here− 2,200head out to work+ 1,500come in to work= 5,200on a workday

About 5,200 people are in Williamsburg Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.69jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.69 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 commute map

The towns that employ Williamsburg Township’s residents

Williamsburg: 82 residents work here (3%)Batavia: 75 residents work here (3%)GeorgetownBlue Ash: 114 residents work here (5%)Sharonville: 63 residents work here (3%)Mount OrabCincinnati: 321 residents work here (14%)Jackson TownshipSterling TownshipBatavia Township: 154 residents work here (6%)Miami Township: 66 residents work here (3%)Tate TownshipWest Chester Township: 69 residents work here (3%)Union Township: 110 residents work here (5%)Williamsburg TownshipAmeliaCincinnatiBatavia TownshipBlue AshUnion TownshipWilliamsburgBataviaWilliamsburg Township
1
Cincinnati25 mi away
14%321
2
Batavia Township6.1 mi away
6%154
3
Blue Ash22.7 mi away
5%114
4
Union Township12.1 mi away
5%110
5
Williamsburg1.4 mi away
3%82
6
Batavia6.7 mi away
3%75
7
Williamsburg Township (in town)right here
3%72
83%69
9
Miami Township14.9 mi away
3%66
10
Sharonville25.1 mi away
3%63
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%1,247
The top trips

Where Williamsburg Township 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.

Time on the road

Commuting from Williamsburg Township: about 27 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
205 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Williamsburg Township27 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Williamsburg Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Williamsburg Township gets to work
90%Drive alone
8%Carpool
<1%Walk
1%Other

Share of the 2,518 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.

Getting around · Walkability grade

Most trips from Williamsburg Township start in a car

EPA walkability index 5.5 of 20 · typical OH town 5.9 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 28% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 0.3% of commuters · OH 3.7% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 17% of U.S. towns
Ohio towns we grade 993 towns#835 of 993
C−C−

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,720 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

Cincinnati15.3
Williamsburg Township0.0

Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Williamsburg Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Williamsburg Township’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

Williamsburg Township is 1,874th of 3,494 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 8,000 on jobs and income

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Huntington Woods MI6,274$190K2.2%0.9%2%A+
2Glendale MO6,060$171K2.0%0.3%2%A+
3Ho-Ho-Kus NJ4,313$250K0.0%1.7%6%A+
…
27The Village of Indian Hill OH6,114$235K3.1%1.0%2%A+
…
38Pepper Pike OH6,886$228K1.8%2.2%4%A+
…
49Independence OH7,456$116K2.4%1.5%11%A+
…
1,872Fruitland ID7,213$65K8.8%1.8%18%B−
1,873Oconto WI4,640$62K12.3%0.5%26%B−
1,874Williamsburg Township OH5,900$66K9.6%3.3%6%B−
1,875East Huntingdon Township PA7,587$68K9.1%4.4%12%B−
1,876Saratoga WI5,141$74K5.9%3.6%5%B−
…
3,494Medina TX4,226$22K53.8%10.1%4%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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.

Next door

Next door to Williamsburg Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Williamsburg Township27 min
Batavia Township28 min
Jackson Township31 min
Tate Township37 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownWilliamsburg Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Williamsburg Township–B−C−27 min$65,705
Tate Townshipunder 3%B−C37 min$78,429
Batavia Township6%B−B−28 min$77,683
Jackson Townshipunder 3%BC−31 min$88,156

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Batavia Township. Darker towns draw more of Williamsburg Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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 Williamsburg Township: questions

What is the median household income in Williamsburg Township?

$65,705 (±$12,634) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Williamsburg Township?

9.6%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Williamsburg Township?

27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Williamsburg Township work?

6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (14%, 25 mi), Batavia Township (6%, 6 mi), Blue Ash (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is Williamsburg Township walkable?

Williamsburg Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Williamsburg Township without a car?

0% 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 Williamsburg Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Williamsburg Township

Williamsburg Township 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. 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.