Photo: Hunter Kahn · Public domainWith 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Williams Township works elsewhere
The two grades for Williams Township are A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Williams Township has 858 jobs; 2,586 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Williams Township, in brief
No single place dominates Williams Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Bethlehem, gets only 6% of working residents, and 61% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Williams Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Williams Township makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Williams Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Williams Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 16%. The jobs ↓
Williams Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 54 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.
Income, poverty and work: Williams Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Williams Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #266 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Williams Township’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Williams Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
6% of working residents work in Bethlehem
Where Williams Township clocks in
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 45% of work in Williams Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Williams Township, 2014 → 2024: 934 → 858. 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 Williams Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Williams Township takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Williams Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,536 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How a workday changes Williams Township
On a workday 2,502 residents head out to work, 84 work right here, and 774 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Williams Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
How many miles Williams Township commutes
About 15% 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.
Getting around Williams Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Williams Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns, #974 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,289 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 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 0.9% of Williams Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Williams Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,000, Williams Township ranks 668th of 3,201 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 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
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| 23 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 666 | Burlington WI | 6,403 | $107K | 4.9% | 4.2% | 4% | A− |
| 667 | Washington Township PA | 6,789 | $84K | 7.5% | 1.2% | 6% | A− |
| 668 | Williams Township PA | 6,699 | $116K | 3.0% | 5.2% | 3% | A− |
| 669 | Frankstown Township PA | 7,423 | $98K | 7.1% | 0.8% | 3% | A− |
| 670 | Deer Park OH | 5,557 | $83K | 9.7% | 1.6% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,201 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Williams Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Williams Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Easton (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Williams Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Township | – | A− | D | 33 min | $116,250 |
| Easton | 6% | C+ | A+ | 28 min | $69,348 |
| Glendon | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Durham Township | under 3% | A | B | 37 min | $116,458 |
| Lower Saucon Township | under 3% | A | B | 27 min | $124,892 |
Same-state neighbors only. Glendon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Williams Township’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 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 Williams Township: questions
What is the median household income in Williams Township?
$116,250 (±$19,960) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Williams Township?
3.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Williams Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Williams Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bethlehem (6%, 7 mi), Easton (6%, 4 mi), Bethlehem Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Williams Township walkable?
Williams Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Williams Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Williams Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Williams Township
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.