Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Williams Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
6% of workers work from home (Pennsylvania 16%). There are 131 jobs in Williams Township for 454 working residents. For jobs and income Williams Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Williams Township
Williams Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (24 to 32 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Williams Township is a place people come home to
There are 131 jobs based in Williams Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Williams Township has about 740 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 454 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Williams Township’s grade
Household income holds Williams Township’s grade up ($78,182, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (9.0%) is left out: Williams Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Williams Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
From Williams Township, about 39 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.4 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 504 commuters (the 6% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Williams Township
On a workday 444 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Williams Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Williams Township’s working residents head each day
Where Williams Township clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
What Williams Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Williams Township, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 131. 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 Williams Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Williams Township
About 18% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Williams Township, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 539 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). 8.1% 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.
Ranked on jobs and income, Williams Township is 1,991st 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,989 | Elwood Township IL | 1,383 | $54K | 8.3% | 7.0% | 6% | C− |
| 1,990 | Posey Township IN | 1,051 | $52K | 7.2% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| 1,991 | Williams Township PA | 1,062 | $78K | 16.7% | 9.0% | 2% | C− |
| 1,992 | Pacific City OR | 1,303 | $93K | 16.9% | 0.0% | 12% | C− |
| 1,993 | Melcher-Dallas IA | 1,196 | $59K | 13.6% | 5.0% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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.
Williams Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Porter Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Williams Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Township | – | C− | D | 39 min | $78,182 |
| Wiconisco Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 27 min | $68,438 |
| Porter Township | 3% | C+ | C− | 31 min | $72,500 |
| Hegins Township | 3% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $92,861 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 32 min | $95,515 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 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 Williams Township: questions
What is the median household income in Williams Township?
$78,182 (±$18,576) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Williams Township?
16.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Williams Township?
39 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Williams Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (6%, 26 mi), Gratz (4%, 5 mi), Washington Township (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Williams Township walkable?
Williams Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Williams Township without a car?
0% 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 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), 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.