Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Williamsport works elsewhere
Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns. Williamsport has 83 jobs, and 510 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Williamsport is better than 13% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Williamsport
Williamsport’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Williamsport is Columbus, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (113) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Williamsport is a place people come home to
There are 83 jobs based in Williamsport, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Williamsport has about 600 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Williamsport workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 510 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Williamsport: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Williamsport’s grade up (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.8%) is left out: Williamsport’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Williamsport could be anywhere from D to C.
The commute from Williamsport, by distance
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Williamsport quiets down on a workday
On a workday 504 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Williamsport on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Williamsport: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Williamsport workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 466 commuters (the 6% 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.
22% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Williamsport clocks in
22% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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 kinds of work in Williamsport
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Williamsport, 2014 → 2024: 53 → 83. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Williamsport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Williamsport: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 498 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.9% of Williamsport households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Williamsport’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Williamsport is 2,401st among 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,399 | Leoti KS | 1,397 | $74K | 18.3% | 0.6% | 44% | D |
| 2,400 | Wellsville MO | 1,012 | $61K | 14.4% | 6.2% | 7% | D |
| 2,401 | Williamsport OH | 1,027 | $57K | 20.7% | 4.8% | 1% | D |
| 2,402 | Hawley PA | 1,212 | $48K | 12.2% | 3.1% | 3% | D |
| 2,403 | Farwell TX | 1,387 | $57K | 16.3% | 0.0% | 12% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Williamsport, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Williamsport: questions
What is the median household income in Williamsport?
$57,386 (±$7,772) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Williamsport?
20.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Williamsport?
39 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Williamsport work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (22%, 29 mi), Circleville (6%, 10 mi), Washington Court House (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Williamsport walkable?
Williamsport is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Williamsport without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Williamsport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Williamsport
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.